Sens technique
Latitude,
longitude and elevation of a place. To specify a location on the surface of the planet, we can
use a different system called "cartographic coordinates". To get a location on the Earth, it is necessary to use a geodetic system which gives the
geographic coordinates found on maps. The latter can be expressed either in the form of longitude and
latitude (called geographic coordinates), or of a planar…
Source
According to BRGM and OFB