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NFIRS 5.0 Element: ‘Longitude’

Definition: Latitude and Longitude: Angular coordinates measured with respect to the center of the Earth. The value is expressed in degrees and minutes. Longitude lines run north/south, are parallel at the equator, and converge at the North and South Poles.Values ranges from 0 degrees at Greenwich, England (near London at the Royal Naval Observatory) to 180 degrees at the International Date Line west of Hawaii. Most of the United States and all of Canada are in the Western Hemisphere. Minutes and seconds range from 0 to 59.

Entry: 3.2 Max, -180.00 <= 180.00

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Transactions containing ‘Longitude’

A few NFIRS elements are reused accross a number of transactions, but typically the value is captured by one transaction only.

Element Specification

 Specification   Value 
Requirement Optional
Element Type Floating Point - Floating point precision numbers (The expected length column depicts the max left and right side precision). If the user has not provided information, an empty field should be transmitted.
Floating Point Precision 2
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