Parameter: geodeticDatum

Dataset: 
Gastropod counts by species collected from inactive sulfides on the East Pacific Rise
Parameter: 
Geodetic Datum (spatial reference system) for coordinates
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 geodeticDatum
Short Description:
 Geodetic Datum (spatial reference system) for coordinates
Official Name:
 geodeticDatum
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Definition The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in latitude and longitude.

Notes Recommended best practice is to use the EPSG code of the SRS, if known. Otherwise use a controlled vocabulary for the name or code of the geodetic datum, if known. Otherwise use a controlled vocabulary for the name or code of the ellipsoid, if known. If none of these is known, use the value unknown. This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.

If this term is used in DarwinCore (dwc:geodeticDatum) is the ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in dwc:decimalLatitude and dwc:decimalLongitude are based.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
geodeticDatum
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
geodetic datum upon which the geographic coordinates are based http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/geodeticDatum