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geocentric coordinate component comparison table

Subject	has unit	is an instance of	has definition
height	length unit	length	Elevation above ground or distance upwards from a given level (especially sea level) to a fixed point. (See altitude.)
terrestrial latitude	angle unit	angle	Angular distance on the Earth measured north or south of the equator along the meridian of a geographic location.
terrestrial longitude	angle unit	angle	Angular distance measured along the Earth's equator from the Greenwich meridian to the meridian of a geographic location.

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