Examples for georeferencing : Historical location
Precise description
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G00304771,
Tragopogon colchicus Albov
| Protocole | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1.1a Transcribe verbatim Location data |
verbatimLocality | Mingrélie : loc. [Tschkhorotzuhom] |
| verbatimElevation | none | |
| Step 1.1b Document verbatim Location data |
locationRemarks | |
| Step 1.2 Transcribe verbatim Coordinates data |
verbatimCoordinates | none |
| Step 2.1a Enrich standardised textual Location data |
continent | Asia |
| higherGeography | ||
| waterBody | ||
| islandGroup | ||
| island | ||
| country | Georgia | |
| countryCode | CH | |
| stateProvince | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti | |
| county | ||
| municipality | Chkhorotsqu | |
| locality | ||
| Step 2.1b Document standardised textual Location data |
locationRemarks | Municipality inferred from label translation |
| Step 2.2a Enrich standardised coordinates data |
decimalLatitude | 42.52373 |
| decimalLongitude | 42.12743 | |
| geodeticDatum | EPSG:4326 (=WGS84) | |
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 10'000 | |
| coordinatePrecision | ||
| Step 2.2b Document standardised coordinates data |
georeferencedBy | |
| georeferencedDate | 2025-02-01/2025-02-28 | |
| georeferenceProtocol | point-radius method | |
| georeferenceSources | Google Maps (february 2025) | |
| georeferenceRemarks |
State-level description
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G00694252,
Actinodaphne molochina Nees
| Protocole | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1.1a Transcribe verbatim Location data |
verbatimLocality | Ceylan |
| verbatimElevation | ||
| Step 1.1b Document verbatim Location data |
locationRemarks | |
| Step 1.2 Transcribe verbatim Coordinates data |
verbatimCoordinates | none |
| Step 2.1a Enrich standardised textual Location data |
continent | Asia |
| higherGeography | ||
| waterBody | ||
| islandGroup | ||
| island | Ceylan | |
| country | Sri Lanka | |
| countryCode | ||
| stateProvince | ||
| county | ||
| municipality | ||
| locality | ||
| Step 2.1b Document standardised textual Location data |
locationRemarks | Wikipedia : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka : « Le pays était auparavant nommé Tambapanni par ses premiers habitants, Taprobane par les Grecs de l'Antiquité, Serendip (ou Serendib) par les Arabes, puis Ceylan jusqu'en 1972. » |
| Step 2.2a Enrich standardised coordinates data |
decimalLatitude | 7.86814 |
| decimalLongitude | 80.30689 | |
| geodeticDatum | EPSG:4326 (=WGS84) | |
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 241'237 | |
| coordinatePrecision | 0.00001 | |
| Step 2.2b Document standardised coordinates data |
georeferencedBy | |
| georeferencedDate | ||
| georeferenceProtocol | Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et al. 2020, https://doi.org/10.35035/e09p-h128) | |
| georeferenceSources | GeoPick v.2.1.0 | |
| georeferenceRemarks |
Inter-state-level description
Caucase
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unknown specimen,
Coryza thapsoides. Caucase. Dr Hoefft 1830.
| Protocole | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1.1a Transcribe verbatim Location data |
verbatimLocality | Caucase |
| verbatimElevation | ||
| Step 1.1b Document verbatim Location data |
locationRemarks | |
| Step 1.2 Transcribe verbatim Coordinates data |
verbatimCoordinates | none |
| Step 2.1a Enrich standardised textual Location data |
continent | |
| higherGeography | World | Caucasus | |
| waterBody | ||
| islandGroup | ||
| island | ||
| country | ||
| countryCode | ||
| stateProvince | ||
| county | ||
| municipality | ||
| locality | ||
| Step 2.1b Document standardised textual Location data |
locationRemarks | Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) : « Area between the Black and Caspian Seas, […] comprising roughly the modern nations of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern parts of Russia, and northeastern Turkey. […] the Caucasus mountains have traditionally been the boundary separating Europe from Asia; however, the area is more subject to Asian influence and so is more often grouped with Asia in modern scholarship. » |
| Step 2.2a Enrich standardised coordinates data |
decimalLatitude | 42 |
| decimalLongitude | 45 | |
| geodeticDatum | EPSG:4326 (=WGS84) | |
| swissCoordinatesLv95_E | ||
| swissCoordinatesLv95_N | ||
| swissCoordinatesLv03_E | ||
| swissCoordinatesLv03_N | ||
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 600'000 | |
| coordinatePrecision | 0 | |
| Step 2.2b Document standardised coordinates data |
georeferencedBy | |
| georeferencedDate | 2025-02-01/2025-02-28 | |
| georeferenceProtocol | point-radius method | |
| georeferenceSources | Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) | Google Maps (feb. 2025) | |
| georeferenceRemarks |
Kashmir
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G00214044,
Leontopodium brachyactis Gand.
| Protocole | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1.1a Transcribe verbatim Location data |
verbatimLocality | Cachemire |
| verbatimElevation | ||
| Step 1.1b Document verbatim Location data |
locationRemarks | |
| Step 1.2 Transcribe verbatim Coordinates data |
verbatimCoordinates | none |
| Step 2.1a Enrich standardised textual Location data |
continent | Asia |
| higherGeography | Asia | Indian subcontinent | Kashmir | |
| waterBody | ||
| islandGroup | ||
| island | ||
| country | ||
| countryCode | ||
| stateProvince | ||
| county | ||
| municipality | ||
| locality | ||
| Step 2.1b Document standardised textual Location data |
locationRemarks | Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) : « Ancient state and region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent, comprising circa 85,800 square miles [...] It is has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. » |
| Step 2.2 Standardised coordinates data |
georeferenceRemarks | Standardised coordinates data should be left empty, or else the "official" administrative entity might be attributed during encoding. |
Île de France (Maurice) et Bourbon (Réunion, France)
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G00666913,
Chassalia boryana DC.
| Protocole | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1.1a Transcribe verbatim Location data |
verbatimLocality | Île de France et Bourbon au Pouce |
| verbatimElevation | ||
| Step 1.1b Document verbatim Location data |
locationRemarks | |
| Step 1.2 Transcribe verbatim Coordinates data |
verbatimCoordinates | none |
| Step 2.1a Enrich standardised textual Location data |
continent | |
| higherGeography | Indian Ocean | Mascarene | |
| waterBody | ||
| islandGroup | Mascarene | |
| island | ||
| country | ||
| countryCode | ||
| stateProvince | ||
| county | ||
| municipality | ||
| locality | ||
| Step 2.1b Document standardised textual Location data |
locationRemarks | Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN): Group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. |
| Step 2.2 Standardised coordinates data |
georeferenceRemarks | Centroid method of georeferencing could be used here (see example here), however geocoding APIs may not be able to deal with multiple countries results (here: Mauritia MU and Reunion RE). |
Changes in borders delimitation
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G00191977,
Triticum obtusidlorum DC.
| Protocole | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1.1a Transcribe verbatim Location data |
verbatimLocality | Macedonia |
| verbatimElevation | ||
| Step 1.1b Document verbatim Location data |
locationRemarks | |
| Step 1.2 Transcribe verbatim Coordinates data |
verbatimCoordinates | none |
| Step 2.1a Enrich standardised textual Location data |
continent | Europe |
| higherGeography | Europe | Macedonia | |
| waterBody | ||
| islandGroup | ||
| island | ||
| country | ||
| countryCode | ||
| stateProvince | ||
| county | ||
| municipality | ||
| locality | ||
| Step 2.1b Document standardised textual Location data |
locationRemarks | |
| Step 2.2 Standardised coordinates data |
georeferenceRemarks | Standardised coordinates data should be left empty or else the "official" administrative entity might be attributed during encoding. |