The equipotential surface of the gravity field of the Earth which best fits, in a least squares sense, mean sea level.

geoid_s (PK, M: CHAR VARYING(19))

Surrogate key of the table.


geoid_id (M: CHAR VARYING(40))

geoid.identifier
The identifier of the geoid.


source (FNK, M: CHAR VARYING(40))

reference_behavior.source
The provider of this instance of reference information. If this instance is provided by POSC, then this attribute must be "POSC".
Defines a foreign key to table r_source.


description (O: CHAR VARYING(2000))

geoid.description
Remark about the geoid.


status (O: CHAR VARYING(11))

reference_behavior.status
The status of this instance in the version of Epicentre running in a data store. This is an enumerated datatype for which the following are the possible values: current, provisional, deprecated. Current - use without restriction. Provisional - use with caution, this value is for comment and may not appear in future releases of Epicentre. Deprecated - avoid use if possible, it is planned to remove this value in the next major release of Epicentre.


geoid_model_s (FSK, O: CHAR VARYING(19))

geoid.geoid_model
This is the geoid model used to generate this geoid.
Defines a foreign key to table geoid_model.


source_reference_s (FSK, O: CHAR VARYING(19))

reference_behavior.source_reference
The reference used by source to provide the standard instance, such as Petroleum Industry Data Dictionary (PIDD), Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, etc.
Defines a foreign key to table r_source_ref.


version (FNK, O: CHAR VARYING(40))

reference_behavior.version
Describes the version of Epicentre when this status was assigned to this instance of reference behavior
Defines a foreign key to table r_epcnt_version.