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Slot: Native Resolution Descriptor (native_spatial_resolution_descriptor)

Human-readable label for the native resolution, e.g. "1 km regular grid", "H3 hex zoom 8", "census tract polygon", "point station".

Tier: recommended

Why this slot matters

The numeric resolution alone cannot distinguish a regular grid from hex cells, polygons, or point stations, and these layouts imply different extraction and error behaviour. Omitting the label leaves the geometry of the source data ambiguous even when the cell size is known.

In plain terms

A short plain-English phrase saying what the map data actually looks like — evenly spaced square tiles, honeycomb-shaped cells, irregular neighbourhood outlines, or individual measuring stations dotted around.

URI: envar:slot/native_spatial_resolution_descriptor

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
SpatialReference Spatial provenance of an environmental exposure value: the native grid / foot... no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range String
Domain Of SpatialReference

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

Examples

Value
1 km regular grid

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property value
tier recommended
justification The numeric resolution alone cannot distinguish a regular grid from hex cells, polygons, or point stations, and these layouts imply different extraction and error behaviour. Omitting the label leaves the geometry of the source data ambiguous even when the cell size is known.
explanation A short plain-English phrase saying what the map data actually looks like — evenly spaced square tiles, honeycomb-shaped cells, irregular neighbourhood outlines, or individual measuring stations dotted around.
covered_by None

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self envar:native_spatial_resolution_descriptor
native envar:native_spatial_resolution_descriptor

LinkML Source

name: native_spatial_resolution_descriptor
annotations:
  tier:
    tag: tier
    value: recommended
  justification:
    tag: justification
    value: The numeric resolution alone cannot distinguish a regular grid from hex
      cells, polygons, or point stations, and these layouts imply different extraction
      and error behaviour. Omitting the label leaves the geometry of the source data
      ambiguous even when the cell size is known.
  explanation:
    tag: explanation
    value: A short plain-English phrase saying what the map data actually looks like
      — evenly spaced square tiles, honeycomb-shaped cells, irregular neighbourhood
      outlines, or individual measuring stations dotted around.
  covered_by:
    tag: covered_by
    annotations:
      omop_gaia:
        tag: omop_gaia
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: gaia_db data_source.geom_type; meta_etl_*.json structure/geometry
              (raster)
          note:
            tag: note
            value: GAIA records geometry type (point/raster) but no human-readable
              resolution-layout descriptor; the resolution label itself is absent.
      degauss:
        tag: degauss
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: DeGAUSS writes no resolution descriptor of any kind.
      amadeus:
        tag: amadeus
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: No resolution-layout label is emitted; only a derivable axis increment
              exists.
      cher:
        tag: cher
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: table_name spatial-res code prefix (m/k/h/c/t/b/s/z)
          note:
            tag: note
            value: The spatial-resolution code prefix distinguishes grid (m/k), H3
              (h), and polygon (tract/block/ZIP) layouts (§2.3), a coded rather than
              free-text descriptor.
      codata:
        tag: codata
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: out_of_layer
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Resolution-layout description of a specific product is instance-layer
              detail outside the conceptual EV/DDI-CDI layer.
description: Human-readable label for the native resolution, e.g. "1 km regular grid",
  "H3 hex zoom 8", "census tract polygon", "point station".
title: Native Resolution Descriptor
examples:
- value: 1 km regular grid
  description: Daymet V4 native grid
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- SpatialReference
range: string