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Site template

Site_bims is used to collect the data of the location of the crop.

Below are descriptions for each of the columns in site_bims. Columns with * are required. Type is a validated column.

  • * site_name: name of the site
  • site_long_name: long name of the site.
  • * type: type of the location. Valid entries are greenhouse, open field, orchard, seedling block, and retail.
  • latitude : the decimal latitude coordinate of the georeference, using positive and negative signs to indicate N and S, respectively.
  • longitude: the decimal longitude coordinate of the georeference, using positive and negative signs to indicate E and W, respectively.
  • altitude : the altitude (elevation) of the location in meters. If the altitude is only known as a range, enter the average.
  • geodetic_datum: the geodetic system on which the geo-reference coordinates are based. For geo-references measured between 1984 and 2010, this will typically be WGS84.
  • country: country of the location
  • state: state of the location
  • region: region of the location
  • address: the entire address except the country
  • comments: any further comments on the site
  • ##property_name: user specified custom columns that should have ## as a prefix. It should match an entry in propery_bims with the type specified as site.