[TTU Mammals 111396] Microtus ilaeus - DecimalLongitude doesn't correspond to VerbatimLongitude

[rdmpage]

The DecimalLongitude value for this record doesn't correspond to the VerbatimLongitude, it is a duplicate of the DecimalLatitude value:

VerbatimLatitude 42 09 16.3 (N)
VerbatimLongitude 77 03 22.7 (E)
DecimalLatitude 42.154527777
DecimalLongitude 42.154527777

As a result, specimen is misplaced on map.

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            urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34902
          
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        <td>InstitutionCode</td>
        <td id="InstitutionCode">
          
            TTU
          
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        <td>CollectionCode</td>
        <td id="CollectionCode">
          
            Mammals
          
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        <td>BasisOfRecord</td>
        <td id="BasisOfRecord">
          
            PreservedSpecimen
          
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        <td>OccurrenceID</td>
        <td id="OccurrenceID">
          
            urn:catalog:TTU:Mammals:111396
          
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        <td>CatalogNumber</td>
        <td id="CatalogNumber">
          
            111396
          
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        <td>RecordNumber</td>
        <td id="RecordNumber">
          
            232
          
        </td>
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        <td>RecordedBy</td>
        <td id="RecordedBy">
          
            GAVRILOVA, O AND BREININGER, I; DUPLECHIN, R M
          
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        <td>IndividualCount</td>
        <td id="IndividualCount">
          
            1
          
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        <td>Sex</td>
        <td id="Sex">
          
            male
          
        </td>
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        <td>OccurrenceStatus</td>
        <td id="OccurrenceStatus">
          
            present
          
        </td>
      </tr>
      
              
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        <td>Preparations</td>
        <td id="Preparations">
          
            alcoholic
          
        </td>
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        <td>EventDate</td>
        <td id="EventDate">
          
            2009
          
        </td>
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        <td>Year</td>
        <td id="Year">
          
            2009
          
        </td>
      </tr>
      
    
              
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        <td>Day</td>
        <td id="Day">
          
            8
          
        </td>
      </tr>
      
              
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        <td>VerbatimEventDate</td>
        <td id="VerbatimEventDate">
          
            8/2/2009
          
        </td>
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        <td>FieldNumber</td>
        <td id="FieldNumber">
          
            165120
          
        </td>
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        <td>HigherGeography</td>
        <td id="HigherGeography">
          
            ;KYRGYZ REPUBLIC;ISSYK KUL;TONG;;;;
          
        </td>
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      <tr>
        <td>Country</td>
        <td id="Country">
          
            KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
          
        </td>
      </tr>
      
    
              
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        <td>StateProvince</td>
        <td id="StateProvince">
          
            ISSYK KUL
          
        </td>
      </tr>
      
              
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        <td>County</td>
        <td id="County">
          
            TONG
          
        </td>
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        <td>Locality</td>
        <td id="Locality">
          
            5.9 MI WEST OF KAJY-SAI
          
        </td>
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        <td>VerbatimLocality</td>
        <td id="VerbatimLocality">
          
            KYRGYZ REPUBLIC; ISSYK KUL; TONG; 5.9 MI WEST OF KAJY-SAI
          
        </td>
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        <td>VerbatimElevation</td>
        <td id="VerbatimElevation">
          
            1628 M
          
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        <td>VerbatimLatitude</td>
        <td id="VerbatimLatitude">
          
            42 09 16.3 (N)
          
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        <td>VerbatimLongitude</td>
        <td id="VerbatimLongitude">
          
            77 03 22.7 (E)
          
        </td>
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        <td>DecimalLatitude</td>
        <td id="DecimalLatitude">
          
            42.154527777
          
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        <td>DecimalLongitude</td>
        <td id="DecimalLongitude">
          
            42.154527777
          
        </td>
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        <td>GeodeticDatum</td>
        <td id="GeodeticDatum">
          
            not recorded (forced WGS84)
          
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        <td>GeoreferenceVerificationStatus</td>
        <td id="GeoreferenceVerificationStatus">
          
            requires verification
          
        </td>
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        <td>ScientificName</td>
        <td id="ScientificName">
          
            Microtus ilaeus
          
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        <td>HigherClassification</td>
        <td id="HigherClassification">
          
            MICROTUS
          
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        <td>Kingdom</td>
        <td id="Kingdom">
          
            Animalia
          
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        <td>Phylum</td>
        <td id="Phylum">
          
            Chordata
          
        </td>
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        <td>Class</td>
        <td id="Class">
          
            Mammalia
          
        </td>
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        <td>Order</td>
        <td id="Order">
          
            Rodentia
          
        </td>
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        <td>Family</td>
        <td id="Family">
          
            Cricetidae
          
        </td>
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        <td>Genus</td>
        <td id="Genus">
          
            Microtus
          
        </td>
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        <td>SpecificEpithet</td>
        <td id="SpecificEpithet">
          
            ilaeus
          
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        <td>TaxonRank</td>
        <td id="TaxonRank">
          
            species
          
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      <tr>
        <td>NomenclaturalCode</td>
        <td id="NomenclaturalCode">
          
            ICZN
          
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Term	Value

[rdmpage]

This is a bigger issue than I thought, affects lots of TTU records, which can be best seen on the GBIF map for this data provider http://www.gbif.org/publisher/acac73b0-055d-11d8-b84f-b8a03c50a862

[tucotuco]

Resolved with a remigration of the data, including new records.