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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

BAG

Bathymetric Attributed Grid is a file format designed to store and exchange bathymetric data (https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/noshdb/ons_fsd.pdf)

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

CUBE

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

DGPS

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

EGM2008

Earth Gravitational Model 2008 - https://earth-info.nga.mil/

The development and evaluation of the Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008) - https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011JB008916

ERS

Ellipsoidal Reference System

FORCE11 FAIR

Fair Data Principles

https://www.force11.org/group/fairgroup/fairprinciples

GA

Geoscience Australia

GDAL

The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library is a computer software library for reading and writing raster and vector geospatial data formats. (https://gdal.org/ )

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.

GNSS

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

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/

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

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

generated products

LADS

Laser Airborne Depth Sounder

LAS/LAZ

The LASer and compressed version LAZ is a file format designed for interchange and archiving of point cloud data. The format supports 3 dimensional x,y,z tuplet data.

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

Multibeam echosounder

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

POSMV

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 hydrographic data processing software suite

RMS

Refers to Root Mean Square as is a means of measuring positional accuracy

ROV

Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle

RTK

Real-Time Kinetic positioning is the application of surveying to correct for common errors in GNSS systems

SBES

Singlebeam echosounder

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

Within the bathymetry domain the Total Propagated Uncertainty is the computed horizontal and vertical uncertainty associated with each sounding and helps identify and remove bias from processing

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