coordinateUncertaintyInMeters - AtlasOfLivingAustralia/ala-dataquality GitHub Wiki

Short description 

A radius in metres defining the smallest circle the location could occur within

Description 

The horizontal distance (in meters) from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude 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.

Related fields 

Relevant Standards 

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

Expert vocabulary 

ALA usage 

  

Data custodian recommendations 

Technical description, provenance, code 

Replaces

coordinate_uncertainty