Definition of latitude (aka the geodetic latitude)

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latitude (aka the geodetic latitude)

The term 'latitude (aka the geodetic latitude)' as it applies to the area of Earth observation can be defined as ' The angle between a perpendicular at a location, and the equatorial plane of the Earth'.

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