Description

In the data interpretation the original coordinates as supplied are rounded to 6 decimals (~1m precision).

Related fields

• dwc:decimalLatitude
• dwc:verbatimLatitude
• dwc:verbatimCoordinates
• dwc:decimalLongitude
• dwc:verbatimLongitude

Implications and caveats

Severity: Comment

• Higher levels of coordinate precision (more than six decimal places indicating a precision to less than 1m square) are generally not valuable for biodiversity occurrence records. Rounding to 6 decimal places simplifies some processing.
• This article helps to explain the areas expressed by different decimal places for decimal coordinates: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2170:_Coordinate_Precision

Data custodian recommendations

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Code reference

OccurrenceIssue.COORDINATE_ROUNDED