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Occurrence datasets #24

Open CecSve opened 1 week ago

CecSve commented 1 week ago

Feedback for: https://docs.gbif-uat.org/freshwater-data-publishing-guide/en/#occurrence-datasets

Occurrence data provide information about observations of taxa and the locations where they were found (Table 5). Although only coarse location information is required, the recommended best practice is to always provide coordinates (latitude and longitude in decimal degrees), a geodetic datum, and a measure of the uncertainty around the coordinates (estimated precision).

For clarity, even though it is in the table below, I would add hyperlinks for the relevant terms in the text, like this:

Occurrence data provide information about observations of taxa and the locations where they were found (Table 5). Although only coarse location information is required, the recommended best practice is to always provide coordinates (**latitude and longitude in decimal degrees), a geodetic datum which will automatically be interpreted to WGS84 when data is published to GBIF, and a measure of the uncertainty around the coordinates.

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