PlanarDistanceUnits (ECS)

Field Definitions are Available Here

Metadata Level

Collection

Data Type

varstring(80)

Obligation

Mandatory if applicable

Description

Units of measure used for planar coordinate description distances.

Sample Value

meters

Dependent Attributes

PlanarCoordinateEncodingMethod, DistanceResolution, BearingResolution, BearingUnits, BearingReferenceDirection, BearingReferenceMeridian, AbscissaResolution, OrdinateResolution

Sample Value

meters

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with PlanarCoordinateEncodingMethod and either the set of DistanceResolution, BearingResolution, BearingUnits, BearingReferenceDirection, BearingReferenceMeridian or the set of AbscissaResolution, OrdinateResolution.

ECS Path

METADATA > COLLECTIONMETADATA > Spatial > CoordinateSystemContainer > HorizontalCoordinateSystemContainer > PlanarCoordinateSystems > PlanarCoordinateSystem > PlanarCoordinateSystemContainer > PlanarCoordinateInformation.PlanarDistanceUnits

ISO XPath

TBD

Notes

None.

Theme

Spatial Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls