Sites module

The Site module records the physical details about a site. A site is usually the location of a collection eventClosedAn expedition to locate items typically with the intention of adding them to a collection.. A site record contains location details such as jurisdiction, geographic and / or political locality, elevation, size and geo-spatial information used for mapping.

A Sites record includes:

  • Site-specific information, including name, jurisdiction
  • Locality, including geographic and/or political locality, elevation, size, etc.
  • Elevation, size and geo-spatial information (for mapping)

Note: As every institution is able to customise EMu to suit its requirements, there are many different versions of EMu. Even where institutions have the same modules, the tabs included in each instance of the module may be different; and even where institutions have tabs with the same name, the fields on those tabs may be different. For that reason this section only provides a general description of modules, tabs and fields.

Tab Description

Site

Holds Site details, including

  • Type of site, e.g. Aquatic, Cultural, Era or Terrestrial
  • Number assigned to the site for reference purposes
  • Name of the site
  • Owner of the site
  • Area of jurisdiction, e.g. federal, state, local

Locality

Site locality details, including:

  • Location hierarchy from the most general (Ocean) to the most specific (City/Town)
  • Precise location
  • Elevation over sea level
  • Elevation relative
  • Site size

Lat/Long

Holds geo-referencing information. The Lat/Long tab is designed to contain all locality co-ordinate information and associated error values.

Lat/Long search tab and

Lat/Long (Pref) search tab)

Two tabs provide query access to geo-referencing data. The first is the Lat/Long search tab. Fields that can be searched correspond to the fields on the Lat/Long display tab:

Lat/Long

The second tab, Lat/Long (Pref), limits searches to opinions where Preferred is set to Yes. The simplified data view provides for easier searching and reporting on the Preferred opinion:

Lat/Long (Pref)

See Geo-referencing Tabs for details.

Mapping

Site mapping details, including:

  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • UTM of a Site - an alternative method of pinpointing a location to Latitude and Longitude
  • Type of map used when referring to the site, e.g. Mercator, Transverse Mercator
  • Map co-ordinates

Terrestrial

Terrestrial details, including:

  • Topography
  • Aspect
  • Soil Type
  • Vegetation
  • Ecological Zone
  • Site condition
  • Habitat details

Cultural

Cultural details, including:

  • Site type
  • Site features
  • Occupation period
  • Scientific dates

Aquatic

Aquatic details, including:

  • Habitat
  • Substrate type
  • Drainage division
  • Drainage code
  • River basin
  • River code
  • Bottom description

Era

Era details, including:

  • Geological era for which the site is significant
  • Age or period within the era for which the site is significant
  • Structural and stratigraphic unit
  • Sedimentary basin
  • Lithology
  • Biozone
  • Depth
  • Site appearance
  • Site climate

Notes

See Notes tab for details.

Multimedia

See Multimedia tab for details.

Security

See Security tab for details.

Audit

See Audit tab for details.

Admin

See Admin tab for details.

While both the Collection Events module and Sites module describe a locality and its physical details there is an important distinction to be made between them:

  • The Collection Events module records the physical locality details for a specific event, e.g. the elevation at which an object is found or the depth at which a fish is caught. These details may differ for different collection events even if the event occurs at the same site.
  • The Site module records the physical details of a specific locality, e.g. altitude, town, latitude and longitude. These details are constant and do not change with time.

Note: A Collection Events record can attach to the Sites module via the Site: (Collection Details) field.

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