AltitudeDatumName (ECS)

Field Definitions are Available Here

Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(40)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

The identification given to the level surface taken as the surface of reference from which altitudes are measured.

Sample Value

NAVD88

Dependent Attributes

AltitudeDistanceUnits, AltitudeEncodingMethod, AltitudeResolution

Sample Value

NAVD88

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with AltitudeDistanceUnits, AltitudeEncodingMethod, AltitudeResolution.

ECS Path

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

ISO XPath

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

or /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:MD_DataIdentification/gmd:extent/gmd:EX_Extent/gmd:verticalElement/gmd:EX_VerticalExtent/gmd:verticalCRS/gco:CharacterString

Notes

None.

Theme

Spatial Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls