Location Class

An S4 Class to represent a breeDBase Location

Slots

name

Unique location name (must not conflict with an existing location name)

abbreviation

Location abbreviation

country_code

ISO Alpha-3 country code

country_name

Uppercase english short name from the ISO standard

program

Name of one or more existing Breeding Programs

type

Location type (Town, Farm, Field, Greenhouse, Screenhouse, Lab, Storage, Other)

latitude

Location latitude (decimal degrees)

longitude

Location longitude (decimal degrees)

altitude

Location elevation (meters)

noaa_station_id

The NOAA Station ID that is nearest and most relevant to the location (ex: GHCND:US1NYTM0042)

See also

Other Location: Location, buildLocationTemplate(), geocodeLocation(), getCountryCodes(), getLocationTypes(), lookupNOAAStationID(), writeLocationTemplate()