Preferred Label : Longitude:Angle:Pt:Cancer.XXX:Qn:;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : Longitude;
LOINC short name : Longitude;
LOINC description : Cancer Registry spatial data for a tumor record represents the point location of the
individual's residence on the Earth's surface. The point location is expressed as
a coordinate pair of latitude and longitude values determined by any one of several
methods: for example, geocoding, address matching, GPS readings, and interpolation
from paper or electronic maps. Most of the time this information is provided by a
geocoding vendor service. Alternatively, a central registry staff manually assigns
the code. This item is not coded by the hospital. Decimal degree coordinate data can
be thought of as the universal currency of exchange for spatial data to be used (projected
or not projected) in GIS. Data in this format can be used by any GIS software and
projected for the appropriate area of interest, and would be consistent with formats
of data obtained from other sources. Users may not necessarily need to project their
data unless they need to preserve properties of area, shape, distance, or direction.
Different projections provide one or more of these properties. Some projections are
used simply for presentation purposes because they make the map look better. Displaying
a large area such as a state or province/territory using an unprojected rectangular
latitude/longitude decimal degree grid may make the area appear distorted, especially
in far northern latitudes. Allowable values and format Projection and Units -- Spatial
data are exchanged in unprojected latitude and longitude coordinates. The data units
are in decimal degrees (and not in degrees, minutes, seconds). Correct: Latitude:
41.890949 Longitude: -123.128943 Not this: Latitude: 41 deg 53' 27 Longitude: -71
deg 7' 44 The longitude field is an 11-byte numeric field, right justified. This coordinate
may be carried out to 6 decimal places with an explicit decimal point. It has the
following format: x123.456789, where x is reserved for a negative sign if the coordinate
represents a location west of 0 degrees (Prime Meridian) and east of 180 degrees.
.. NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11;
Origin ID : 42131-3;
UMLS CUI : C1657349;
Has component
- Has property
- Has system
- Has time aspect
- Part of panel
- Semantic type(s)
