COORDINATE_HABITAT_MISMATCH - AtlasOfLivingAustralia/ala-dataquality GitHub Wiki

DEPRECATED June 2021 - This data quality assertion (issue) has been removed

A marine species detected in a terrestrial environment or a terrestrial species detected in a marine environment.

Related fields

decimalLatitude, decimalLongitude, cl1048, cl21

Implications and caveats

Severity: Error

Expected species environment is determined by IRMNG (https://www.irmng.org/), the environment of the occurrence point location is determined based on it's coordinates against the cl1048 IBRA 7 regions (terrestrial) spatial layer or cl21 IMCRA 4 regions (marine) spatial layer

  • May indicate an inaccurate identification or location
  • Spatial uncertainty may move points over the marine/terrestrial boundary in coastal areas
  • Some species are both marine and terrestrial however the current IRMNG data only provides a single value

Data custodian recommendations

Review location, review IRMNG listing

Code reference

https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/biocache-store/blob/dda875fa44eebadeaf5c9c380778cf3ac8ca2ae3/src/main/scala/au/org/ala/biocache/processor/LocationProcessor.scala#L625