This Malaysian Standard is applicable to the interchange of coordinates describing geographic point location. It specifies the representation of coordinates, including latitude and longitude, to be used in data interchange. It additionally specifies representation of horizontal point location using coordinate types other than latitude and longitude. It also specifies the representation of height and depth that may be associated with horizontal coordinates. Representation includes units of measure and coordinate order.
This Malaysian Standard is not applicable to the representation of information held within computer memories during processing and in their use in registers of geodetic codes and parameters.
This Malaysian Standard supports point location representation through the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) allows for the use of a single alpha-numeric string to describe point locations.
For computer data interchange of latitude and longitude, this Malaysian Standard generally