Class: GeographicPosition

A geographic position is the coordinate of an entity against some geographic coordinate system.

URI: sio:GeographicPosition

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Parents

  • is_a: Position - A measurement of a spatial location relative to a frame of reference or other objects.

Children

  • Latitude - Latitude is a geographic coordinate which refers to the angle from a point on the Earth's surface to the equatorial plane
  • Longitude - Longitude is a geographic position that refers to the angle east or west of a reference meridian between the two geographical poles to another meridian that passes through an arbitrary point.
  • PostalCode - A postal code is a geographic coordinate composed of a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from Position:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity
  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1
    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • derivesInto 0..1
    • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

    • Range: Object

    • hasUnit 0..1
    • Description: has unit is a relation between a quantity and the unit it is a multiple of.
    • Range: UnitOfMeasurement
    • isMeasurementValueOf 0..1
    • Description: is measurement value of is a relation between a value and the entity that it is a measurement of.

    • Range: Entity