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Where are Geographic Extents used in CMR metadata?

The EX_Extent object is used for describing geographic extents in ISO meadata.  The EX_Extent object provides several options for describing geographic extents; which include Bounding Box, Bounding Polygon, Geographic Desciptions and Spatial Temporal Extents.

The table below shows where geographic elements are used in CMR metadata collections.

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