set_coverage
Usage
set_coverage(
beginDate = character(),
endDate = character(),
date = character(),
sci_names = character(),
geographicDescription = character(),
westBoundingCoordinate = numeric(),
eastBoundingCoordinate = numeric(),
northBoundingCoordinate = numeric(),
southBoundingCoordinate = numeric(),
altitudeMinimum = numeric(),
altitudeMaximum = numeric(),
altitudeUnits = character()
)Arguments
- beginDate
Starting date for temporal coverage range.
- endDate
End date for temporal coverage range
- date
give a single date, or vector of single dates covered (instead of beginDate and endDate)
- sci_names
string (space separated) or list or data frame of scientific names for species covered. See details
- geographicDescription
text string describing the geographic location
- westBoundingCoordinate
Decimal longitude for west edge bounding box
- eastBoundingCoordinate
Decimal longitude for east edge bounding box
- northBoundingCoordinate
Decimal latitude value for north of bounding box
- southBoundingCoordinate
Decimal latitude value for south edge of bounding box
- altitudeMinimum
minimum altitude covered by the data (optional)
- altitudeMaximum
maximum altitude covered by the data (optional)
- altitudeUnits
name of the units used to measure altitude, if given
Details
set_coverage provides a simple and concise way to specify most common temporal, taxonomic, and geographic coverage metadata. For certain studies this will not be well suited, and users will need the more flexible but more verbose construction using "new()" methods; for instance, to specify temporal coverage in geological epoch instead of calendar dates, or to specify taxonomic coverage in terms of other ranks or identifiers.