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Parameter: Longitude

Dataset: 
Gill Net Catch Data
Parameter: 
longitude
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 lon
Short Description:
 longitude
Official Name:
 longitude
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

longitude, in decimal degrees, East is positive, negative denotes West; Reported in some datsets as degrees, minutes

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Longitude
Supplied Units: 
degrees-minutes-seconds
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Longitude West. Formatted as degree-minutes-seconds without hyphens or separators. This is described in the manual and provided in this format to be consistent with other TPWD data. When converting to decimal degrees, add a minus sign to indicate the west direction).