Field Definitions are Available Here

Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(20)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

Direction from which the bearing is measured clockwise.

Sample Value

North

Dependent Attributes

PlanarDistanceUnits, PlanarCoordinateEncodingMethod, DistanceResolution, BearingResolution, BearingUnits, BearingReferenceMeridian

Sample Value

North

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with PlanarDistanceUnits, PlanarCoordinateEncodingMethod, DistanceResolution, BearingResolution, BearingUnits, BearingReferenceMeridian.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Spatial > CoordinateSystemContainer > HorizontalCoordinateSystemContainer > PlanarCoordinateSystems > PlanarCoordinateSystem > PlanarCoordinateSystemContainer > PlanarCoordinateInformation > DistanceandBearingRepresentation.BearingReferenceDirection

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