Absolute location may refer to any of the following:

  1. In general, an absolute location is a description of the exact site on an objective coordinate system, such as a grid.

  2. When referring to a map or the Earth’s surface, an absolute location is the latitude and longitude of a specific place. With a GPS device or software program, such as Google Earth, a person could get their absolute location on Earth.

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