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local space rectangular coordinate system

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  1. [coordinate systems] A 3D Cartesian coordinate system with an origin at a point either tangent or secant to the earth's ellipsoid, where the axes are defined as Y=North, X=East, and Z is normal to the earth ellipsoid at its origin.