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No. Latitude and longitude are angles.

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Tobin Boyle

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yeah it's feet

You can, but altitude is usually measured in feet above sea level. There are times when altitude is measured in miles, such as the "mile high city" of Denver, Colorado, or in reference to space travel. 5280 feet= 1 mile, so that is Denver's altitude.

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