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Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

string(80)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

Units of measure used for the geodetic latitude and longitude resolution values. For lat, a 2 digit decimal number from 0-90; for lon, a 3 digit decimal number from 0-180. + or absence of - for values north of equator or values west of prime meridian; - for all others.

Sample Value

Decimal Degrees

Dependent Attributes

LatitudeResolution, LongitudeResolution

Sample Value

Decimal Degrees

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with LatitudeResolution, LongitudeResolution.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Spatial > CoordinateSystemContainer > HorizontalCoordinateSystemContainer > GeographicCoordinateSystem.GeographicCoordinateUnits

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmi:acquisitionInformation/gmi:MI_AcquisitionInformation/gmi:instrument/gmi:MI_Instrument/esdis:additionalAttributeValue/gco:Record/ecs:AdditionalAttributes/ecs:AdditionalAttribute/ecs:ParameterUnitsOfMeasure

Notes

See also MI_CoverageDescription. However not MI_CoverageDescription does not contain a dedicated units measure.See also MI_Band.

Theme

Spatial Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls