[tdwg-content] minimum/maximum elevation and depth - usage and priority?

["Markus Döring (GBIF)"]

Hi,

I always considered the min/max terms for elevation and depth to be useful to express uncertainties.
But if that is the main or only use case wouldn't it be less confusing to treat uncertainty the same way across all geospatial terms?
I would much prefer to work with elevationInMeters and elevationUncertaintyInMeters than min max.

Markus

PS: There are actually 4 terms for location precision right now:
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
coordinatePrecision 
pointRadiusSpatialFit
footprintSpatialFit


On 03.07.2012, at 08:57, Aaike De Wever wrote:

> Dear John,
> Dear all,
> 
> Thanks a lot for the answers so far.
> 
> I am still curious about a good example of the min/max use, at first I
> thought the trawl sampling was a good example as well, but I guess it
> rather applies if you sampled an area with a certain radius around the
> provided coordinates. As most data we will encounter will come from a
> single point/elevation/depth, I am just a little worried that it may
> puzzle data providers that they have to provide both min and max.
> 
> With best regards,
> Aaike
> 
> Hi Aaike,
> 
> These values are indeed meant to capture the range of possible
> elevation/depth or the extent of them. If there upper and lower bounds
> are the same, then the values in the minimum and maximum should be the
> same.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John
> 
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Aaike De Wever
> <aaike.dewever at naturalsciences.be> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Following on my previous email, I also had a question on the following terms:
> * minimumElevationInMeters - maximumElevationInMeters
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumElevationInMeters -
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumElevationInMeters
> The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea
> level), in meters.
> 
> * minimumDepthInMeters - maximumDepthInMeters
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters -
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters
> The lesser/greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in
> meters.
> 
> Both for elevation and depth there are two terms representing the minimum
> and maximum, which I figure are meant to provide a range. As in most
> cases, for point data, there will be only one elevation and depth value, I
> was wondering what is the recommended best practice for these terms.
> Should one use minimum or maximum or provide the same value for both
> terms?
> 
> Any advise on this would be appreciated!
> 
> With best regards,
> --
> Aaike De Wever
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