Description

The value given for Coordinate uncertainty in meters, indicating the radius of uncertainty around the given decimal coordinates, is missing, is not a valid number, or is outside the range of 0m to 5000km.

Related fields

• dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

Implications and caveats

Severity: Warning

• Coordinate uncertainty provides an evaluation of how close the actual occurrence was to the supplied coordinates. It is provided in metres and gives the radius from the coordinates given within which an occurrence actually happened. There may be uncertainty around the actual coordinates due to: locations originally provided by text description rather than coordinates; coordinates determined from map readings; coordinates provided from early geo-positioning systems.
• Sensitive records in the ALA are generalised to 10 000m (10km) to protect threatened and endangered species from disturbance.
• This issue may indicate a transposition error or an incorrect unit of measurement when supplying this data.

Data custodian recommendations

Review coordinate uncertainty information supplied.

Code reference

OccurrenceIssue.COORDINATE_UNCERTAINTY_METERS_INVALID