| Term Name: | dwcgeospatial:DecimalLongitude |
| Label: | Decimal Longitude |
| Term IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/geospatial/DecimalLongitude |
| Term version IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/geospatial/version/DecimalLongitude-2007-04-17 |
| Modified: | 2009-04-24 |
| Definition: | The longitude of the geographic center of a location where an event occurred (organism collected, observation made), expressed in decimal degrees. Positive values are East of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are West of the Greenwich Meridian. Describes the point-radius representation of the location, along with DecimalLatitude, GeodeticDatum, and CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters. Example: -71.0943235 |
| Type: | Property |
| Note: | This term is no longer recommended for use. |
| Replaces: | http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0/DecimalLongitude |
| Is replaced by: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude |
Metadata about this term are available in the following formats/serializations:
| Description | IRI |
|---|---|
| HTML file (this document) | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/geospatial/DecimalLongitude.htm |
| RDF/Turtle | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/geospatial/DecimalLongitude.ttl |
| RDF/XML | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/geospatial/DecimalLongitude.rdf |
| JSON-LD | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/geospatial/DecimalLongitude.json |
For complete information about the set of terms that includes this one, see http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/geospatial/