AHO | Australian Hydrographic Office |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
AODN | Australia Ocean Data Network |
API | Application Programming Interface |
ATRF | Australian Terrestrial Reference Frame |
AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
CRS | Coordinate Reference System (default standard uses EPSG.io: Coordinate Systems Worldwide) |
Contributing Data Partner | A contributing data partner is an organisation that has agreed to assign custodianship for a data product to GA, as an implemented AusSeabed Data Hub. |
Contributing Hub | A Contributing Hub is: · A data store that provides data processed to the AusSeabed standard · Connected to the broader AusSeabed Data Hub component infrastructure for seamless delivery to the end user · Meaningfully supported from within their own organisation with a forward commitment to continue for at least 12months. |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator
DCAT/RDF | DCAT is an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data |
catalogues published on the Web. |
DGNSS
Differential GNSS (DGNSS) is a kind of GNSS Augmentation system based on an enhancement to primary GNSS constellation(s) information by the use of a network of ground-based reference stations
A Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) is an enhancement to the Global Positioning System (GPS) which provides improved location accuracy
DOI | Persistent Digital Object |
Identifier (https://www.doi.org ) | |
eCat | Geoscience Australia’s Product Catalogue https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/home |
ERS
FORCE11 FAIR | Fair Data Principles |
GA | Geoscience Australia |
GEBCO | General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans - https://www.gebco.net/ |
GeoNetwork | The GeoNetwork |
open source project is a free and open source cataloguing application for spatially referenced resources. |
GSF
GSF is a Generic Sensor Format used for storing bathymetry data
HYPACK
A software for Hydrographic data collection, processing and final products produced by any multibeam systems. https://www.hypack.com/
Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is a general term describing any satellite constellation that provides positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services on a global or regional basis
IHO DCDB | International Hydrographic Organisation’s Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/iho/ |
ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
LADS | Laser Airborne Depth Sounder |
MBES | Multibeam echosounder |
L0 | An AusSeabed term to categorise a data level relating to Raw data |
L2 | An AusSeabed term to categorise a data level relating to Processed data |
L3 | An AusSeabed term to categorise a data level relating to gridded products |
LADS
Laser Airborne Depth Sounder
LAT
A Vertical datum defined by the Lowest Astronomical Tide
MATE
a plugin for QAX that contains the handling, processing, and output requirements for raw multibeam data checks
MRU
MRU Sensors are a high performance motion sensor that measure Roll, Pitch, Heave, Sway, Surge, Accelerations, Angular rates and Velocity for any rig, ship or vessel on which it is mounted.
MSL
A Vertical datum defined by the Mean Sea Level
MBES
NOAA | US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
OAI-PMH | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting |
OGC CSW | Open Geospatial Consortium – Catalogue Service for the Web |
OGC GML | Open Geospatial Consortium – Geography Markup Language |
OpenSearch | OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source search and analytics suite |
POS MV is a turnkey system designed and built to provide accurate position, heading, attitude, heave and velocity data of marine vessels and remote sensing equipment
QAX | Quality Assurance Tool |
QIMERA QPS
QIMERA QPS is a hydrogrpahic data processing software suite
RMS
Refers to Root Mean Square as is a means of measuring positional accuracy
ROV | Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle |
Real-Time Kinetic positioning is the application of surveying to correct for common errors in GNSS systems
SBES | Singlebeam echosounder |
SBET
Smoothed Best Estimated Trajectory is a file format that
Sub Bottom Profiler
SeaDataNet | Pan-European marine data infrastructure https://www.seadatanet.org/ |
SIS
SIS is the software and user interface for real time data processing for hydrographic instruments supplied by Kongsberg
SOI | Schmidt Ocean Institute |
SVP
Sound Velocity Profiles can be used to calculate bathymetry from acoustic data
Teledyne CARIS
Teledyne CARIS is a developer of marine mapping software https://www.teledynecaris.com/en/products/
Teledyne PDS
Teledyne PDS is a multipurpose software platform and supports a wide range of tasks within Hydrography, Dredge Guidance, Construction Support, Search & Recovery Operations and Port Entrance Monitoring
TPU
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier – This is a unique sequence of characters that identifies a logical or physical resource used by web technologies. |
UTC | Coordinated Universal Time – primary time standard |
WCD | Water Column Data |
Z39.50 | Z39.50 is an international standard client–server, application layer communications protocol for searching and retrieving information from a database over a TCP/IP computer network. It is covered by ANSI/NISO standard Z39.50, and ISO standard 23950 |