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Learning material – Geographic coordinates guide

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Description

We get many questions on the community forum around coordinate systems, enough that it probably warrants its own guide.

This would build on top of a [more general geospatial guide](https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium-native/issues/980) which we hope to ship soon, but focus on the CesiumJS API.

1. What coordinate system(s) does CesiumJS use: `CartesianX`, `Cartographic`, degrees vs radians
2. How to convert between them
3. Any generally helpful tips, like the `Transforms` class, or East-North-Up as a reference frame
4. Maybe: MSL vs Ellipsoid height

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the linked general geospatial guide issue and the CesiumJS API material for CartesianX, Cartographic, Transforms, and East-North-Up. The guide is done when it explains the coordinate systems, degrees versus radians, conversions, reference frames, and optionally MSL versus ellipsoid height for CesiumJS users.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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