Element Description
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The Spatial Representation Information element...
Best Practices
There are eighteen sub-elements that comprise Spatial Representation Information:
SpatialCoverageType: Denotes whether the spatial coverage of the collection is horizontal, vertical, horizontal and vertical, orbit, or vertical and orbit.
VerticalCoordinate System/AltitudeSystemDefinition/DatumName: The identification given to the level surface taken as the surface of reference from which measurements are compared.
VerticalCoordinateSystem/AltitudeSystemDefinition/DistanceUnits: The units in which altitude measurements are recorded.
VerticalCoordinateSystem/AltitudeSystemDefinition/EncodingMethod:
VerticalCoordinateSystem/AltitudeSystemDefinition/Resolutions: The minimum distance possible between two adjacent values, expressed in distance units of measure for the collection.
VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/DatumName: The identification given to the level surface taken as the surface of reference from which measurements are compared.
VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/DistanceUnits: The units in which measurements are recorded.
VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/EncodingMethod:
VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/Resolutions: The minimum distance possible between two adjacent values, expressed in distance units of measure for the collection.
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/HorizontalDatumName: The identification given to the reference system used for defining the coordinates of points.
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/EllipsoidName: Identification given to established representation of the Earth's shape. HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/SemiMajorAxis: Radius of the equatorial axis of the ellipsoid.
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/DenominatorOfFlatteningRatio: The ratio of the Earth's major axis to the difference between the major and the minor.
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateUnits: Units of measure used for the geodetic latitude and longitude resolution values (e.g., decimal degrees).
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateSystem/LatitudeResolution: The minimum difference between two adjacent latitude values in the Geographic Coordinate System, expressed in Geographic Coordinate Units of measure, expressed as a two-digit decimal number, e.g., 0.01.
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateSystem/LongitudeResolution: The minimum difference between two adjacent longitude values in the Geographic Coordinate System, expressed in Geographic Coordinate Units of measure, expressed as a two-digit decimal number, e.g., 0.01.
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/LocalCoordinateSystem/GeoReferenceInformation: The information provided to register the local system to the Earth (e.g. control points, satellite ephemeral data, and inertial navigation data).
HorizontalCoordinateSystem/LocalCoordinateSystem/Description: A description of the Local Coordinate System and geo-reference information.
Examples:
SpatialCoverageType: "Horizontal"
DistanceUnits: "Kilometers"
GeoReferenceInformation: "Control Points"
Element Specification
Providing the Spatial Representation Information element is optional (Cardinality: 0..1)
Model | Element | Type | Constraints | Required? | Cardinality | Notes |
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UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/SpatialCoverageType | String | 1 - 80 characters | Yes | 1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/AltitudeSystemDefinition/DatumName | String | 1 - 80 characters | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/AltitudeSystemDefinition/DistanceUnits | Enumeration | HectoPascals Kilometers Millibars | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/AltitudeSystemDefinition/EncodingMethod | No | 0..1 | |||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/AltitudeSystemDefinition/Resolutions | Array | No | 0..* | ||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/DatumName | String | 1 - 80 characters | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/DistanceUnits | Enumeration | Fathoms Feet HectoPascals Meters Millibars | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/EncodingMethod | No | 0..1 | |||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/VerticalCoordinateSystem/DepthSystemDefinition/Resolutions | Array | No | 0..* | ||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/HorizontalDatumName | String | 1 - 80 characters | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/EllipsoidName | String | 1 - 255 characters | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/SemiMajorAxis | Number | No | 0..1 | ||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeodeticModel/DenominatorOfFlatteningRatio | Number | No | 0..1 | ||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateUnits | Enumeration | Decimal Degrees Kilometers Meters | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateSystem/LatitudeResolution | Number | No | 0..1 | ||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/GeographicCoordinateSystem/LongitudeResolution | Number | No | 0..1 | ||
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/LocalCoordinateSystem/GeoReferenceInformation | String | 1 - 2048 characters | No | 0..1 | |
UMM-C | SpatialRepresentationInfo/HorizontalCoordinateSystem/LocalCoordinateSystem/Description | String | 1 - 2048 characters | No | 0..1 |
Metadata Validation and QA/QC
All metadata entering the CMR goes through the below process to ensure metadata quality requirements are met. All records undergo CMR validation before entering the system. The process of QA/QC is slightly different for NASA and non-NASA data providers. Non-NASA providers include interagency and international data providers and are referred to as the International Directory Network (IDN).
Please see the expandable sections below for flowchart details.
Dialect Mappings
UMM Migration
UMM Version 1.9.0 | Translation Direction | UMM Version 1.10.0 |
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Future Mappings
History
UMM Versioning
Version | Date | What Changed |
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1.12.0 | 01/22/2019 | No changes were made for Spatial Representation Information during the transition from version 1.11.0 to 1.12.0. |
1.11.0 | 11/28/2018 | No changes were made for Spatial Representation Information during the transition from version 1.10.0 to 1.11.0. |
1.10.0 | 05/02/2018 | During the transition from version 1.9.0 to 1.10.0, the sub element 'GeographicCoordinateUnits' was added and enumerated, the sub element 'EncodingMethod' was removed from both 'AltitudeSystemDefinitionType' and 'DepthSystemDefinitionType', and 'VerticalSystemDefinitionType' was replaced with both 'AltitudeSystemDefinitionType' and 'DepthSystemDefinitionType.' Free text strings were also changed to enumeration for the following sub elements within 'AltitudeSystemDefinitionType' and 'DepthSystemDefinitionType': 'AltitudeDistanceUnitsEnum' and 'DepthSystemDefinitionType.' |
1.9.0 |
ARC Documentation
Version | Date | What Changed | Author |
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1.0 | 11/16/18 | Recommendations/priority matrix transferred from internal ARC documentation to wiki space |