There are multiple ways to define a coordinate system for Earth coordinates; some are better for particular purposes than others.

有多种方式来定义地面坐标系统；有一些在某些用途方面比其他的更好。

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The KML document can specify geographic data including addresses, 3d coordinates on the Earth, and custom textual and visual data to be overlaid on maps or 3d models of the Earth.

KML文档可以确定地址、地球上的3d坐标，以及地图上已覆盖的自定义文本和可视数据，或地球上的3d模型等地理信息。

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Google Maps work with coordinates - you know, latitude and longitude - those Numbers that essentially pinpoint anything on earth.

Google地图使用的是坐标—纬度和经度，这些数字实际上可以精确定位地球上的任何地方。

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The search results come up with the locations that Nick has checked in with his smartphone as well as photos that he has taken, and then uses the coordinates embedded in the photos to display locations on Google Earth.

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