Question

WGS84 is known as:

• A. Medium Earth Orbit
• B. Datum
• C. Geoid
• D. Indian MSL

Hint:

Remember: \[ \boxed{ \text{GPS} \longrightarrow \text{WGS84 Datum} } \] WGS84 is the world's most widely used geodetic datum.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept: WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984) is a global geodetic reference system used for mapping, navigation, and satellite positioning. It defines a standard reference datum and reference ellipsoid for the Earth.

Step 1: Understand WGS84. WGS84 provides
• Reference ellipsoid
• Geodetic coordinate system
• Earth-centered coordinate framework
• Standard datum used by GPS

Step 2: Identify its classification. Hence, \[ \boxed{\text{WGS84 is a Geodetic Datum}.} \] Therefore, the correct option is \[ \boxed{(B)\;\text{Datum}.} \]