Geographic Box
From DGIWG
Note: North/South and East/West coordinates should not be equal. If the data are a point or a line, please provide 4 different coordinates with at least an epsilon difference between them (e.g. 0.001).
The bounding box is used mainly to enable spatial searches and data comparison. By the way, it needs to be standardized and that is why it must be expressed using geographic WGS84 coordinates.
It should be for the information content at a minimum. It may include no-data areas since it is a rectangle, whereas the content can be something else. There could also be 'holes' within the data. Based on security issues, some portions may not be releasable.
The properties of Geographic Box are listed below.
| Identifier | Title / Description | Value Domain | Card |
| west
[DMF/Core]
|
Western Most Longitude
This is the WGS84 western most longitude of the geographic object.
|
Float
Default is -180
|
1 |
| east
[DMF/Core]
|
Eastern Most Longitude
This is the WGS84 eastern most longitude of the geographic object.
|
Float
Default is 180
|
1 |
| south
[DMF/Core]
|
Southern Most Latitude
This is the WGS84 Southern most latitude of the geographic object.
|
Float
Default is -90
|
1 |
| north
[DMF/Core]
|
Northern Most Latitude
This is the WGS84 Northern most latitude of the geographic object.
|
Float
Default is 90
|
1 |
| DMF/Core | DMF/Core defines the minimum set of metadata elements to be implemented by any metadata catalogue. This set satisfies the discovery use case. |
