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WebDarwinCoreLocation Properties

The WebDarwinCoreLocation type exposes the following members.

Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyContinent
Darwin Core term name: continent. The name of the continent in which the Location occurs. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographi Names or the ISO 3166 Continent code. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyCoordinateM
Not defined in Darwin Core. M value that is part of a linear reference system. The properties CoordinateX, CoordinateY, CoordinateZ, CoordinateM and CoordinateSystemWkt defines where the species observation was made.
Public propertyCoordinatePrecision
Darwin Core term name: CoordinatePrecision. A decimal representation of the precision of the coordinates given in the DecimalLatitude and DecimalLongitude. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyCoordinateSystemWkt
Not defined in Darwin Core. Coordinate system wkt (Well-known text) as defined by OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium). The properties CoordinateX, CoordinateY, CoordinateZ, CoordinateM and CoordinateSystemWkt defines where the species observation was made.
Public propertyCoordinateUncertaintyInMeters
Darwin Core term name: coordinateUncertaintyInMeters. The horizontal distance (in meters) from the given CoordinateX and CoordinateY describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the Location. Leave the value empty if the uncertainty is unknown, cannot be estimated, or is not applicable (because there are no coordinates). Zero is not a valid value for this term.
Public propertyCoordinateX
Not defined in Darwin Core. East-west value of the coordinate. The properties CoordinateX, CoordinateY, CoordinateZ, CoordinateM and CoordinateSystemWkt defines where the species observation was made. Which values that are valid depends on which coordinate system that is used.
Public propertyCoordinateY
Not defined in Darwin Core. North-south value of the coordinate. The properties CoordinateX, CoordinateY, CoordinateZ, CoordinateM and CoordinateSystemWkt defines where the species observation was made. Which values that are valid depends on which coordinate system that is used.
Public propertyCoordinateZ
Not defined in Darwin Core. Altitude value of the coordinate. The properties CoordinateX, CoordinateY, CoordinateZ, CoordinateM and CoordinateSystemWkt defines where the species observation was made.
Public propertyCountry
Darwin Core term name: country. The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyCountryCode
Darwin Core term name: countryCode. The standard code for the country in which the Location occurs. Recommended best practice is to use ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 country codes. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyCounty
Darwin Core term name: county. The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince(county, shire, department, etc.) in which the Location occurs ('län' in swedish).
Public propertyDecimalLatitude
Darwin Core term name: decimalLatitude. Definition in Darwin Core: The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.
Public propertyDecimalLongitude
Darwin Core term name: decimalLongitude. Definition in Darwin Core: The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.
Public propertyFootprintSpatialFit
Darwin Core term name: footprintSpatialFit. The ratio of the area of the footprint (footprintWKT) to the area of the true (original, or most specific) spatial representation of the Location. Legal values are 0, greater than or equal to 1, or undefined. A value of 1 is an exact match or 100% overlap. A value of 0 should be used if the given footprint does not completely contain the original representation. The footprintSpatialFit is undefined (and should be left blank) if the original representation is a point and the given georeference is not that same point. If both the original and the given georeference are the same point, the footprintSpatialFit is 1. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyFootprintSRS
Darwin Core term name: footprintSRS. A Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of the Spatial Reference System (SRS) for the footprintWKT of the Location. Do not use this term to describe the SRS of the decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude, even if it is the same as for the footprintWKT - use the geodeticDatum instead. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyFootprintWKT
Darwin Core term name: footprintWKT. A Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of the shape (footprint, geometry) that defines the Location. A Location may have both a point-radius representation (see decimalLatitude) and a footprint representation, and they may differ from each other. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyGeodeticDatum
Darwin Core term name: geodeticDatum. The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude as based. Recommended best practice is use the EPSG code as a controlled vocabulary to provide an SRS, if known. Otherwise use a controlled vocabulary for the name or code of the geodetic datum, if known. Otherwise use a controlled vocabulary for the name or code of the ellipsoid, if known. If none of these is known, use the value "unknown". This property is currently not used.
Public propertyGeoreferencedBy
Darwin Core term name: georeferencedBy. A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations who determined the georeference (spatial representation) the Location. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyGeoreferencedDate
Darwin Core term name: georeferencedDate. The date on which the Location was georeferenced. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as ISO 8601:2004(E). This property is currently not used.
Public propertyGeoreferenceProtocol
Darwin Core term name: georeferenceProtocol. A description or reference to the methods used to determine the spatial footprint, coordinates, and uncertainties. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyGeoreferenceRemarks
Darwin Core term name: georeferenceRemarks. Notes or comments about the spatial description determination, explaining assumptions made in addition or opposition to the those formalized in the method referred to in georeferenceProtocol. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyGeoreferenceSources
Darwin Core term name: georeferenceSources. A list (concatenated and separated) of maps, gazetteers, or other resources used to georeference the Location, described specifically enough to allow anyone in the future to use the same resources. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyGeoreferenceVerificationStatus
Darwin Core term name: georeferenceVerificationStatus. A categorical description of the extent to which the georeference has been verified to represent the best possible spatial description. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyHigherGeography
Darwin Core term name: higherGeography. A list (concatenated and separated) of geographic names less specific than the information captured in the locality term. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyHigherGeographyID
Darwin Core term name: higherGeographyID. An identifier for the geographic region within which the Location occurred. Recommended best practice is to use an persistent identifier from a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyIsland
Darwin Core term name: island. The name of the island on or near which the Location occurs. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyIslandGroup
Darwin Core term name: islandGroup. The name of the island group in which the Location occurs. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyLocality
Darwin Core term name: locality. The specific description of the place. Less specific geographic information can be provided in other geographic terms (higherGeography, continent, country, stateProvince, county, municipality, waterBody, island, islandGroup). This term may contain information modified from the original to correct perceived errors or standardize the description.
Public propertyLocationAccordingTo
Darwin Core term name: locationAccordingTo. Information about the source of this Location information. Could be a publication (gazetteer), institution, or team of individuals. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyLocationId
Darwin Core term name: locationID. An identifier for the set of location information (data associated with dcterms:Location). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyLocationRemarks
Darwin Core term name: locationRemarks. Comments or notes about the Location. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyLocationURL
Not defined in Darwin Core. Web address that leads to more information about the location. The information should be accessible from the most commonly used web browsers.
Public propertyMaximumDepthInMeters
Darwin Core term name: maximumDepthInMeters. The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyMaximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Darwin Core term name: maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters. The greater distance in a range of distance from a reference surface in the vertical direction, in meters. Use positive values for locations above the surface, negative values for locations below. If depth measures are given, the reference surface is the location given by the depth, otherwise the reference surface is the location given by the elevation. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyMaximumElevationInMeters
Darwin Core term name: maximumElevationInMeters. The upper limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyMinimumDepthInMeters
Darwin Core term name: minimumDepthInMeters. The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyMinimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Darwin Core term name: minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters. The lesser distance in a range of distance from a reference surface in the vertical direction, in meters. Use positive values for locations above the surface, negative values for locations below. If depth measures are given, the reference surface is the location given by the depth, otherwise the reference surface is the location given by the elevation. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyMinimumElevationInMeters
Darwin Core term name: minimumElevationInMeters. The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyMunicipality
Darwin Core term name: municipality. The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality, etc.) in which the Location occurs. Do not use this term for a nearby named place that does not contain the actual location.
Public propertyParish
Not defined in Darwin Core. Parish where the species observation where made. 'Socken/församling' in swedish.
Public propertyPointRadiusSpatialFit
Darwin Core term name: pointRadiusSpatialFit. The ratio of the area of the point-radius (decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, coordinateUncertaintyInMeters) to the area of the true (original, or most specific) spatial representation of the Location. Legal values are 0, greater than or equal to 1, or undefined. A value of 1 is an exact match or 100% overlap. A value of 0 should be used if the given point-radius does not completely contain the original representation. The pointRadiusSpatialFit is undefined (and should be left blank) if the original representation is a point without uncertainty and the given georeference is not that same point (without uncertainty). If both the original and the given georeference are the same point, the pointRadiusSpatialFit is 1. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyStateProvince
Darwin Core term name: stateProvince. The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs. ('landskap' in swedish).
Public propertyWaterBody
Darwin Core term name: waterBody. The name of the water body in which the Location occurs. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimCoordinates
Darwin Core term name: verbatimCoordinates. The verbatim original spatial coordinates of the Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in verbatimCoordinateSystem. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimCoordinateSystem
Darwin Core term name: verbatimCoordinateSystem. The spatial coordinate system for the verbatimLatitude and verbatimLongitude or the verbatimCoordinates of the Location. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimDepth
Darwin Core term name: verbatimDepth. The original description of the depth below the local surface. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimElevation
Darwin Core term name: verbatimElevation. The original description of the elevation (altitude, usually above sea level) of the Location. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimLatitude
Darwin Core term name: verbatimLatitude. The verbatim original latitude of the Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in verbatimCoordinateSystem. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimLocality
Darwin Core term name: verbatimLocality. The original textual description of the place. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimLongitude
Darwin Core term name: verbatimLongitude. The verbatim original longitude of the Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in verbatimCoordinateSystem. This property is currently not used.
Public propertyVerbatimSRS
Darwin Core term name: verbatimSRS. The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which coordinates given in verbatimLatitude and verbatimLongitude, or verbatimCoordinates are based. Recommended best practice is use the EPSG code as a controlled vocabulary to provide an SRS, if known. Otherwise use a controlled vocabulary for the name or code of the geodetic datum, if known. Otherwise use a controlled vocabulary for the name or code of the ellipsoid, if known. If none of these is known, use the value "unknown". This property is currently not used.
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