Class: Longitude

Longitude describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian (Greenwich meridian). Longitude is given as an angular measurement ranging from 0° at the Prime Meridian to +180° eastward and -180° westward. As with latitude, longitude is measured either in terms of decimal degrees or degrees, minutes and seconds.

•owl:Thing
        •SpatioTemporalThing
                •Endurant
                        •NonPhysicalEndurant
                                •SocialObject
                                        •NonAgentiveSocialObject
                                                •Concept
                                                        •Parameter
                                                                •Coordinate
                                                                        •GeographicCoordinate
                                                                                •Longitude
                •Quality
                        •PhysicalQuality
                                •AngleRelatedQuantity
                                        •AngularDistanceQuantity
                                                •Longitude

Super Classes

AngularDistanceQuantity
GeographicCoordinate

Equivalent Classes (Necessary and Sufficient Conditions)

hasMeasurement EQ 1
hasMeasurement SOME (LongitudeMeasurement AND (hasMeasurementUnit HAS DecimalDegree))

Equivalent Classes (Necessary and Sufficient Conditions)

hasMeasurement SOME (LongitudeMeasurement AND ((hasMeasurementUnit HAS AngularSecondOR (hasMeasurementUnit HAS AngularMinuteOR (hasMeasurementUnit HAS Degree)))
hasMeasurement EQ 3

Usage

Class Description/Definition (Necessary Conditions)

GeographicPointLocation, GeoLocation, Longitude, LongitudeMeasurement
Generated with OWLDoc