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Bounding box

Label: Bounding box
Mandatory/Recommended: Mandatory
Controlled Vocab: no
Repeatable: No

Definition

The rectangular extents of the resource. Note that this field is indexed as a Solr spatial (RPT) field.

Instructions

Bounding box of the layer as a ENVELOPE WKT (from the CQL standard) using coordinates in (West, East, North, South) order. The pattern is: ENVELOPE(.,.,.,.)

The rectangular bounding box is to aid searching with the map interface. Although accuracy is encouraged, it may not always be necessary to to have precise bounding coordinates. The field functions to facilitate discovery more than to indicate exact extents.

Examples

ENVELOPE(76.76, 84.76, 19.91, 12.62)