set_locality

Note

Locality information is not required by the ALA, but it is nice to have.

One of the functions you can use to check your data is set_locality(). This function aims to check if you have the following:

• continent: the latitude of your observation

• country: the latitude of your observation

• countryCode: the coordinate reference system (CRS) of your latitude and longitude

• stateProvince: uncertainty of your measurements in meters

• locality: uncertainty of your measurements in decimal degrees

specifying locality

For our example dataset, we have a column titled ‘location’. However, this is not a Darwin Core term, and we need to be more specific. ‘Cannonvale’ is a suburb, and anything that’s a suburb will go under the locality field.

>>> my_dwca.set_locality(check_events = True, locality='location')

        type    locality       date                                             name
0  siteVisit  Cannonvale   3/1/2023  bird survey local park honeyeater lookout point
1  siteVisit  Cannonvale  17/1/2023  bird survey local park honeyeater lookout point
2  siteVisit  Cannonvale  31/1/2023  bird survey local park honeyeater lookout point
3  siteVisit  Cannonvale  14/2/2023  bird survey local park honeyeater lookout point
4  siteVisit  Cannonvale  28/2/2023  bird survey local park honeyeater lookout point

Other functions

To learn more about how to use other functions, go to

• set_events

• set_datetime

Optional functions:

• set_abundance

• set_locality

Passing Dataset:

• Passing Dataset