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Standards

Abbreviation

[CCRS] Compound coordinate reference system
CRS Coordinate reference system
ISO International Organization for Standardization
OGC Open GIS Consortium
[SI] Le Système International d'Unités
UML Unified Modeling Language
XML eXtensible Markup Language
1D One Dimensional
2D Two Dimensional
3D Three Dimensional

Package Abbreviations

The following are package abbreviations from on OGC UML model:

CC Change Coordinates
CD Coordinate datum
CI Citation
CS Coordinate System
DQ Data quality
RS Reference System
SC Spatial referencing by Coordinates

Symbol

a Semi-major axis
b Semi-minor axis
E [Easting]
f Flattening
h Ellipsoidal Height
H Gravity-Related Height
N [Northing]
λ Geodetic Longitude
φ Geodetic Latitude
X, Y, Z Cartesian coordinates in a Geocentric Coordinate Reference System
i, j, k Cartesian coordinates in an Engineering Coordinate Reference System, (integer or real)

General Reference

Definition

For more information see the OGC Glossary