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gml:GeodeticDatum

gml:GeodeticDatum is a geodetic datum defines the precise location and orientation in 3-dimensional space of a defined ellipsoid (or sphere), or of a Cartesian coordinate system centered in this ellipsoid (or sphere).

Element information

Type: gml:GeodeticDatumType

Properties: Global, Qualified

Content

Attributes

NameOccTypeDescriptionNotes
gml:id [1..1]xsd:IDThe attribute gml:id supports provision of a handle for the XML element representing a GML Object. Its use is mandatory for all GML objects. It is of XML type ID, so is constrained to be unique in the XML document within which it occurs.from type gml:DefinitionBaseType

Substitution hierarchy

Sample instance

<gml:GeodeticDatum gml:id="ID">
   <gml:metaDataProperty>
      <gml:GenericMetaData>Any text, intermingled with:
         <!--any element-->
      </gml:GenericMetaData>
   </gml:metaDataProperty>
   <gml:description>string</gml:description>
   <gml:descriptionReference/>
   <gml:identifier codeSpace="http://www.example.com/">string</gml:identifier>
   <gml:name>string</gml:name>
   <gml:remarks>string</gml:remarks>
   <gml:domainOfValidity>
      <gmd:EX_Extent>
         <gmd:description>...
         </gmd:description>
         <gmd:geographicElement>...
         </gmd:geographicElement>
         <gmd:temporalElement>...
         </gmd:temporalElement>
         <gmd:verticalElement>...
         </gmd:verticalElement>
      </gmd:EX_Extent>
   </gml:domainOfValidity>
   <gml:scope>string</gml:scope>
   <gml:anchorDefinition>string</gml:anchorDefinition>
   <gml:realizationEpoch>2000-01-01</gml:realizationEpoch>
   <gml:primeMeridian>
      <gml:PrimeMeridian gml:id="ID">
         <gml:metaDataProperty>...
         </gml:metaDataProperty>
         <gml:description>string</gml:description>
         <gml:descriptionReference/>
         <gml:identifier codeSpace="http://www.example.com/">string</gml:identifier>
         <gml:name>string</gml:name>
         <gml:remarks>string</gml:remarks>
         <gml:greenwichLongitude uom="">1.0</gml:greenwichLongitude>
      </gml:PrimeMeridian>
   </gml:primeMeridian>
   <gml:ellipsoid>
      <gml:Ellipsoid gml:id="ID">
         <gml:metaDataProperty>...
         </gml:metaDataProperty>
         <gml:description>string</gml:description>
         <gml:descriptionReference/>
         <gml:identifier codeSpace="http://www.example.com/">string</gml:identifier>
         <gml:name>string</gml:name>
         <gml:remarks>string</gml:remarks>
         <gml:semiMajorAxis uom="">1.0</gml:semiMajorAxis>
         <gml:secondDefiningParameter>...
         </gml:secondDefiningParameter>
      </gml:Ellipsoid>
   </gml:ellipsoid>
</gml:GeodeticDatum>