Column Name: DATUM

Description: Describes the datum used to determine the latitude and longitude coord inates. A datum is a network of monuments and reference points defining a mathematical surface from which geographic computations can be made (see EPA Locational Data Policy Implementation Guidance).


Envirofacts Table Name(s):

• PCS_PERMIT_FACILITY

Data Source:
Data Element:
Properties:

• Type:CHARACTER
• Length:1

Definition Source:Permit Compliance System Data Element Dictionary, June 2, 1997 Remarks: Refer to table PCS_CODE_DESC, TABLE_ID 472, for codes and descriptions.