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Preferred formats

Specifications

Bathymetry

Backscatter

Navigation

Ancillary data

 

L2

Priority 1

  • .gsf

Priority 1

  • .gsf

SBET data + RMS (for generation of TPU)

Priority 1

  • Text files: (ASCII .txt, NetCDF, .csv)

 

Priority 2

  • Proprietary

When L2 data are provided, also include all L0 data to allow for reprocessing at any stages, if required. L2 should contain data that enable reproduction of L3.

Bathymetry and Backscatter

Variables: coordinates, depth (m, neg value) or intensity (dB), uncertainty, flag.

Coordinate system: Geographic (GDA2020 or WGS84)

Precision: Metric variables with minimum of 2 decimals; Angular variables degree decimals with minimum of 6 decimals

Navigation and Ancillaries

Date and time: Calendar and UTC or specify otherwise

Coordinate system: Geographic WGS84 or GDA2020 with an ellipsoidal height datum

 

Shape/Geometry format

Format:

  1. Shapefile, or one of the following if this is not possible:

  2. Geography Markup Language (GML)

  3. Well Known Text (WKT)

  4. GeoJson.

AusSeabed will maintain geometries in a spatial format capable of transformation into multiple formats.

 

Shape specifications

Coordinate Reference System: EPSG:4326 (based on WGS84)

Geometry Type: Line & Polygon (Extent of the Survey from Port to Port)

Purpose/s:

  • To provide a visual extent of the multibeam survey extents in a mapping portal and

  • To allow the calculation of a total line kilometres for the Survey.

  • To allow the calculation of a total area (sq. km) of the multibeam survey extents.

Attributes (Minimum Requirements as listed 4.2.4) – the ‘metadata_url’ is used to link to the more comprehensive attributes and descriptions.

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Field Name

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Format

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Comments

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SURV_NAME

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Text

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Survey Name as supplied by the Contributor

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SURVEY ID

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Text

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The Survey ID assigned by the Collecting Organisation

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DATA_TYPE

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Text

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This may be a list of data types collected

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PRIN_INVES

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Text

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The Principal Investigator/key point of contact

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LICENCE

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e.g. CCBY 4.0

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SURVEY _LINE_KM

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Float/Double

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The length of the Processed MBES Survey Lines

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AREA_KM2[1]

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Float/Double

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Area of the polygon extent of the Processed MBES Survey data

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METADATA_URL

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Text

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Link to Contributing Hub metadata catalogue

 

See ASB Procedures for Generating Polygons

 

LAS

The LAS (LASer) format is a file format designed for the interchange and archiving of lidar point cloud data. It is an open, binary format specified by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). (see OGC website for specification - https://www.ogc.org/standards/LAS[1] Calculated by projecting to the Australian Lambert Equal Area projection ).