| Term Name: | dwc:decimalLongitude |
| Label: | Decimal Longitude |
| Term version IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/decimalLongitude-2023-06-28 |
| Version of: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude |
| Issued: | 2023-06-28 |
| Definition: | The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a dcterms:Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive. |
| Type: | Property |
| Status: | recommended |
| Replaces: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/decimalLongitude-2017-10-06 |
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http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2023-07-07
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2023-09-13
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2023-09-18
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2025-06-12