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Longitude

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Longitude is one part of a geocode and represents a point's west/east location. Zero longitude begins at the prime meridian and numbers get larger as they move east, peaking at 180. Western hemisphere longitude is represented by negative numbers, which get smaller as they move west. -180 is the smallest longitude.

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