Creates an empty tibble with the standardised column structure for site data.
Details
Sites represent sampling locations with geographic coordinates, administrative boundaries, and descriptive metadata about the sampling location. The tibble includes the following columns:
SITE_CODE: Unique code identifying the site (Primary Key)
SITE_NAME: Descriptive name of the sampling site
SITE_GEOGRAPHIC_FEATURE: Broad geographic feature type
SITE_GEOGRAPHIC_FEATURE_SUB: Specific sub-category of the geographic feature
COUNTRY_ISO: ISO country code where the site is located
OCEAN_IHO: International Hydrographic Organisation ocean region
LATITUDE: Latitude coordinate in decimal degrees
LONGITUDE: Longitude coordinate in decimal degrees
SITE_COORDINATE_SYSTEM: Coordinate reference system used
ALTITUDE_VALUE: Elevation or depth value
ALTITUDE_UNIT: Unit of measurement for altitude
ENTERED_BY: Person or entity who entered the site data
ENTERED_DATE: Date when the site data was entered
SITE_COMMENT: Additional notes about the site
See vignette("sites_data") for more information.
See also
Other initialise_tibble:
initialise_CREED_data_tibble(),
initialise_CREED_scores_tibble(),
initialise_biota_tibble(),
initialise_campaign_tibble(),
initialise_compartments_tibble(),
initialise_measurements_tibble(),
initialise_methods_tibble(),
initialise_parameters_tibble(),
initialise_references_tibble(),
initialise_samples_tibble()
Other site:
altitude_units_vocabulary(),
areas_vocabulary(),
coordinate_systems_vocabulary(),
countries_vocabulary(),
geographic_features_sub_vocabulary(),
geographic_features_vocabulary(),
ocean_vocabulary()