Layer Naming Conventions

Layer Naming Conventions

OGC Compliant Web Service Layer Names

Pattern

{SurveyName} {Product Type} ({Organisation if not GA}) [{Identifier}] {Resolution} {Publication Date}

 

Element

Value

Survey Name

Name of survey feature (AMP/ Geomorphic Unit/Sea/Transit)

CSIRO preference to have survey ID

  1. If survey is in an Australian Marine Park, use this name, if not

  1. If the survey is near a geomorphic unit based on the Gazetteer (

https://placenames.fsdf.org.au/ ) /GEBCO, use this name

  1. If covering an area that isn’t defined by above, but a Sea/Ocean, use this name.

  1. Otherwise, if it is a transit, include Transit in title (after Location/Survey ID)

Product Type

Bathymetry (for extension to Backscatter)

Organisation (Conditional)

For organisations other than Geoscience Australia use a short name (e.g. CSIRO, SOI)

Identifier (Optional)

For non-GA records, an identifier that is used in other catalogues

Resolution -Horizontal

1m (with metric unit name attached, use a ‘p’ for decimal point e.g 0p5m)

Publication Date

Year of publication (with publication style referencing when multiple publications in the same year)

 



 

Example1 GA Formed

Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve Bathymetry 1m 2018

This ensures that if there are yearly versioned products they sort in the correct order.

Element

Value

Survey Name

Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Product Type

Bathymetry

Organisation

GA

Identifier

N/A

Resolution

1m

Publication Date

2018

 

Example2 CSIRO

Boags Marine Reserve Bathymetry 2018 1m (CSIRO) bf2018_v01

Element

Value

Survey Name

Boags Marine Reserve

Product Type

Bathymetry

Publication Date

2018

Resolution

1m

Organisation

CSIRO

Identifier

bf2018_v01

 


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