Documentation for fieldgml

Super-types:	gml:DefinitionType < AbstractDatumBaseType (by restriction) < AbstractDatumType (by extension) < GeodeticDatumType (by extension)
Sub-types:	None

Name	GeodeticDatumType
Abstract	no
Documentation	A geodetic datum defines the precise location and orientation in 3-dimensional space of a defined ellipsoid (or sphere) that approximates the shape of the earth, or of a Cartesian coordinate system centered in this ellipsoid (or sphere).

XML Instance Representation

<...
gml:id="[1]">

<gml:metaDataProperty> ... </gml:metaDataProperty> [0..*]

<gml:datumName> ... </gml:datumName> [1]

<gml:datumID> ... </gml:datumID> [0..*]

'Set of alternative identifications of this datum. The first datumID, if any, is normally the primary identification code, and any others are aliases.'

<gml:remarks> ... </gml:remarks> [0..1]

'Comments on this reference system, including source information.'

<gml:anchorPoint> ... </gml:anchorPoint> [0..1]

<gml:realizationEpoch> ... </gml:realizationEpoch> [0..1]

<gml:validArea> ... </gml:validArea> [0..1]

<gml:scope> ... </gml:scope> [0..1]

<gml:usesPrimeMeridian> ... </gml:usesPrimeMeridian> [1]

<gml:usesEllipsoid> ... </gml:usesEllipsoid> [1]

</...>

Schema Component Representation

</sequence>

</extension>

</complexContent>

</complexType>

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Complex Type: GeodeticDatumType

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