---
id: "longitude"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "common"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 55
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/longitude"
---

# Longitude (`longitude`)

Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the Earths surface, or the surface of a celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda (λ)

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Common (common)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)

## Mappings

- cdm: `means.location.longitude`
- d3m: `http://schema.org/longitude`
- fta: `COORDINATE.LONGITUDE_DECIMAL`, `COORDINATE.LONGITUDE_DMS`
- schema_org: `longitude`

## Metacrafter rules

5 rules: 4 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `longitude` (field, `common/geo.yaml`)
- `longitudepat` (field, `common/geo.yaml`)
- `longitudevalue` (data, `common/geo.yaml`)
- `eslongitudebyname` (field, `es/es_geo.yaml`)
- `rulongitudeknown` (field, `ru/ru_geo.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `auctus`
- `collibra`
- `csvdetective`
- `dataiku`
- `fta`
- `ibmknowledgecatalog`
- `metabase`
- `metacrafter`
- `metacrafterpro`
- `powerbi`
- `snowflake`
- `tableau`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude>
- schema.org: <http://schema.org/longitude>

## Quality

Score 55/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/longitude.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/geo/longitude.yaml>