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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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