Geocode

GEOCODE (Geospatial Entity Object Code) is a standardized all-natural number representation format specification for geospatial coordinate measurements that provide details of the exact location of geospatial point at, below, or above the surface of the earth at a specified moment of time.

Geocode is patented under US Patents 6,681,231, approved July 26, 2003, and 7,107,286, approved May 4, 2006. Geocode is also a registered US Federal trademark, US Registration Number 3182988, approved December 12, 2006.

Geocode is a federally registered copyrighted computer software program, US Registration Number TX-6-603-127, dated July 26, 1999.

Attributes

A Geocode representation format is a combination of some or all of the following geospatial attributes:

  • Geocode Format Registry Number,
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Altitude
  • Date
  • Local time
  • Global time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format
  • Coordinate Reference System - (Coordinate Reference System Type Registry Number - IS0 19115,
  • Geodetic Reference Ellipsoid, Registry Number, Geodetic Reference Datum Registry Number, Coordinate Format Registration Number - ISO 19145)
  • Coordinate Sensor Accuracy for Latitude, Longitude and/or Altitude
  • Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address or Internet Protocol, version 6 (IPv6) address in Compressed, Uncompressed or Fully Uncompressed decimal format
  • Other geospatial attributes

Mandatory attributes included in the Geocode representation format are Geocode Format Registry, Latitude, and Longitude. All other attributes are voluntary.

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