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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(20)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

Units in which altitudes are recorded.

Sample Value

meters

Dependent Attributes

AltitudeDatumName, AltitudeEncodingMethod, AltitudeResolution

Sample Value

meters

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with AltitudeDatumName, AltitudeEncodingMethod, AltitudeResolution.

ECS Path

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

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