dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
The horizontal distance (in meters) from the given decimal latitude and decimal longitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the location. Leave the value empty if the uncertainty is unknown, cannot be estimated, or is not applicable (because there are no coordinates). Zero is not a valid value for this term.
Examples
- 30 (reasonable lower limit on or after 2000-05-01 of a GPS reading under good conditions if the actual precision was not recorded at the time)
- 100 (reasonable lower limit before 2000-05-01 of a GPS reading under good conditions if the actual precision was not recorded at the time)
- 71 (uncertainty for a UTM coordinate having 100 meter precision and a known spatial reference system)
Reference
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Wieczorek J., Bloom D., Guralnick R., Blum S., Döring M., Giovanni R. et al. 2012 Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLOS ONE. Vol. 7, (1) p. e29715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029715
Related Data
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Properties
Label
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
EUPH UID
[0.0.CRDNT725]
IRI
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
EUPH IRI
https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/descriptors/0.0.CRDNT725
Data types
Integer, Decimal (float)
Unit
m
Deprecated
No
Published
2025-01-24
Updated
2025-01-26
Descriptor relationships
Statistic
Number of datasets
4
Number of columns
4
Number of data points
0