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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(255)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

The means used to encode the altitudes.

Sample Value

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Dependent Attributes

AltitudeDatumName, AltitudeDistanceUnits, AltitudeResolution

Sample Value

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with AltitudeDatumName, AltitudeDistanceUnits, AltitudeResolution.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Spatial > CoordinateSystemContainer > VerticalCoordinateSystemContainer > AltitudeSystemDefinition.AltitudeEncodingMethod

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:referenceSystemInfo/gmd:MD_ReferenceSystem/gmd:referenceSystemIdentifier/gmd:RS_Identifier/gmd:authority/gmd:CI_Citation/gmd:title/gco:CharacterString

Notes

None.

Theme

Spatial Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls