1.4.1 Geolocation

Required	Repeatable
No	Yes

Definition:

The spatial region where the data was collected or about which the data is focused.

Repeat this property to indicate several different locations.

Metadata fields:

Example DataCite XML

<geoLocations>
  <geoLocation>
    <geoLocationPlace>Disko Bay</geoLocationPlace>
    <geoLocationPoint>
      <pointLongitude>-52.000000</pointLongitude>
      <pointLatitude>69.000000</pointLatitude>
    </geoLocationPoint>
  </geoLocation>
  <geoLocation>
    <geoLocationBox>
      <westBoundLongitude>-123.27</westBoundLongitude>
      <eastBoundLongitude>-123.225</eastBoundLongitude>
      <southBoundLatitude>49.24</southBoundLatitude>
      <northBoundLatitude>49.28</northBoundLatitude>
    </geoLocationBox>
  </geoLocation>
</geoLocations>

DataCite 18 GeoLocation 

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type: Text

Example input:

University Hospital Geelong, Bellerine St, Geelong VIC 3220
Whadjuk Noongar country
Australia
Western Australia
City of Stirling, Western Australia
An ABS SLA

Controlled vocabulary source: DUO - Data Use Ontology

Notes:

Geolocation is not autofilled in the DataCite metadata.

Tools that help with finding coordinates include https://www.latlong.net/, and for box coordinates, http://bboxfinder.com/ For box coordinates, you can use this tool.

DataCite 18 is human readable, and could use any number of sources. It is repeatable if you want to specify a number of Australian states without implying all states. That is to say, specify Western Australia, Tasmania, and South Australia rather than simply Australia.

Only one, if any, of 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4 should be filled in.

Refer to pages 29-32 of DataCite Metadata Schema 4.4

DataCite 18.1 geoLocationPoint 

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: One set of coordinates

Example input: -30.675715,120.025587

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

Decimal representation of longitude and latitude, negatives being south and west, positives being north and east.

DataCite 18.1.1 pointLongitude 

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Number

Example input: 120.025587

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

Occurrences: 0-1

Input type: Text

Example input:

Vast, hilltop building housing Australia’s parliament, opened in 1988, topped by an 81m-high flagpole.
Traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people of Australia

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

DataCite 18.4 geoLocationPolygon 

Occurrences: 0-n

Input type List of coordinates (at least three to draw a triangle)

Notes:

DataCite 18.4.1 polygonPoint 

Occurrences: 4-n

Input type: Nil

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

A polygon is delimited by geographic points. Each point is defined by a longitude latitude pair. The last point should be the same as the first point.

DataCite 18.4.1.1 pointLongitude 

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Nil

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

DataCite 18.4.1.2 pointLatitude 

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Nil

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

DataCite 18.4.2 inPolygonPoint 

Occurrences: 0-1

*Input type: Nil

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

Notes:

inPolygonPoint is only necessary to indicate the “inside” of the polygon if the polygon is larger than half the earth. Otherwise the smallest of the two areas bounded by the polygon will be used.

DataCite 18.4.2.1 pointLongitude 

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Nil

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil

DataCite 18.4.2.2 pointLatitude 

Occurrences: 1

Input type: Nil

Example input: Nil

Controlled vocabulary source: Nil