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WGS-84
- Usado para
- World Geodetic System – 1984
- Definição1
- A set of quantities, developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for determining geometric and physical geodetic relationships on a global scale, based on a geocentric origin and a reference ellipsoid with semi-major axis 6378137 and flattening 1/298.257223563.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual on the universal access transceiver (UAT). 2nd ed. Montreal, 2012. (Doc. 9861 AN/460).
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: aerodromes: volume 1: aerodrome design and operation. 8th ed. Montreal, 2018. (Annex 14).
- Contexto
- World Geodetic System — 1984 (WGS-84) shall be used as the horizontal (geodetic) reference system. Reported aeronautical geographical coordinates (indicating latitude and longitude) shall be expressed in terms of the WGS-84 geodetic reference datum.
- Subárea1
- Aeronautical Cartography
- Related Term
- WGS
- Português
- Sistema Geodésico Mundial – 1984