GLIMS glacier ID
ID glims_glacier_id
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
This record is a draft: it has not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong. Do not rely on it for compliance decisions. Help improve it (see CONTRIBUTING.md).
Identifier of a glacier in the GLIMS (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) database at NSIDC, made from a point on the glacier: G, six digits of east longitude (000000 to 359999) and five digits of latitude (00000 to 90000), both in thousandths of a degree, with a fixed E between them and N or S for the hemisphere. One id can have several outlines, for example from different dates or after a glacier breaks up.
- Categories
- Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste), Geographic identifiers
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Wikidata
- P6799
- Quality
- 90/100 · missing: detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^G(?:[0-2]\d{5}|3[0-5]\d{4})E(?:[0-8]\d{4}|90000)[NS]$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| G238490E46217N | Adams Glacier, Washington, USA; Wikidata example |
| G211403E60457N | Applegate Glacier, Alaska, USA; Wikidata example |
| G170307E43519S | Tasman Glacier, New Zealand; Wikidata |
| G121510W46217N invalid | West longitude; GLIMS ids use east longitude only |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Идентификатор ледника GLIMS | Идентификатор ледника в базе GLIMS, построенный из координат точки на леднике: G, восточная долгота и широта в тысячных долях градуса, буква N или S. |
Sources
- doc: https://www.glims.org/MapsAndDocs/DB/data_dictionary.php
- doc: https://nsidc.org/lists/archives/list/glims@nsidc.org/thread/CSBWHIEGQWGZ2MIL7563OS7WYF4TACC4
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6799
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/glims_glacier_id - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/environment/glims_glacier_id.yamlon GitHub