[CF-metadata] Default datum for latitude and longitude?

From: Mike Grant <mggr>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:06:57 +0100

On 19/04/10 15:43, Jonathan Blower wrote:
> specification, which datum should be assumed? Spherical Earth? WGS84?

If you're picking one at random, I'd go for WGS84 - that's a pretty safe
bet for a lot of remote sensed and GPS related data.

Cheers,

Mike.

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