NOS Hydrographic Survey Data

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata language: eng
Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2022-05-04
Metadata maintenance:
Update frequency: continual
Metadata constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: These data not to be used for navigation. Although these data are of high quality and useful for planning and modeling purposes, they are not suitable for navigation. For official navigation products, please refer to the U.S. nautical charts available from the NOAA Office of Coast Survey: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov.
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: E/GC 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Administrative area: CO
Postal code: 80305
Country: US
e-mail address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Online resource:
Online location: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
Function performed: information
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Scope name: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007
Metadata identifier: 1438731477406r3517780245747417

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: NOS Hydrographic Survey Data
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2015-07-31
Presentation format: mapDigital
Cited responsible party:
Role: pointOfContact
Organization's name: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 303-497-6826
Fax: 303-497-6513
Address:
Delivery point: E/GC 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Administrative area: CO
Postal code: 80305-3328
Country: US
e-mail address: ngdc.info@noaa.gov
Online resource:
Online location: http://ngdc.noaa.gov
Function performed: information
Themes or categories of the resource: elevation, oceans
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS > WEB-BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING > DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL, DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING
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Title: NASA/GCMD Services Keywords
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2015-08-04
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Keyword type not provided
Keywords: Live Data and Maps
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Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Abstract: A map service showing the location and coverage derived from NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS) Hydrographic Surveys in U.S. waters and non-hydrographic surveys acquired external to OCS, that have been assessed by OCS for use in NOAA’s navigational products and the National Bathymetry. The NOS Hydrographic Database (NOSHDB) and Hydrographic Survey Metadata Database (HSMDB), both maintained by NOS and NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), provide extensive survey coverage and ISO metadata of the coastal waters and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United States and its territories. The NOSHDB contains digitized data from smooth sheets of hydrographic surveys completed between 1837 and 1965, and from survey data acquired digitally on NOS survey vessels since 1965. Data products from NOS surveys and others assessed by NOS, including Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) files, Descriptive Reports, smooth sheet images, survey data images, textual gridded data, and geo-referenced sidescan sonar mosaics, ISO metadata, and survey statistics are available for download from NCEI.Modern surveys provide gridded data in the form of bathymetric attributed grids (BAGs). Please see the following services for mosaics of the BAG data:Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Image Service (provides depth values).Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) shaded relief visualization image service (color shaded relief).Layers available in this map service:Layer 0: All Surveys with Digital Data: Combining both Surveys with BAGs and Surveys with Digital Sounding Data, this layer describes all bathymetric data collected for NOAA's Office of Coast Survey in a usable digital format as either gridded surface data or xyz point soundings.Layer 1: Surveys with BAGs: This layer includes hydrographic data from ~1995 to the present. A Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) is an open sourced file format for storing and exchanging bathymetric data developed by the Open Navigation Surface Working Group. BAG files are gridded, multi-dimensional bathymetric data files and are the standard NOS hydrographic data file for public release.Layer 2 (hidden by default): Surveys without Digital Data: This layer includes historical hydrographic data from as early as the 1800s. Smooth Sheet images exist for these historical depth soundings that have not been digitized into an xyz format. Smooth Sheets are the final, neatly drafted, accurate plot of verified and corrected bathymetric data based on the method collected and are available as Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID) format, or as a geo-referenced PDF.The NCEI Bathymetric Data Viewer (NOAA GeoPlatform entry) can be used to search and display these data. More information about NOS Hydrographic Survey data available at NCEIAlso see the NOS Seabed Descriptions from Hydrographic Surveys Map Service.ISO collection-level metadata for NOS Hydrographic Surveys
Purpose: A map service showing the location and coverage of NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Hydrographic Surveys.
Dataset language:eng
Dataset character set: utf8
Status: onGoing
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: asNeeded
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: WARNING: These data not to be used for navigation. Although these data are of high quality and useful for planning and modeling purposes, they are not suitable for navigation or any other purpose relating to safety at sea. For official navigation products, please refer to the U.S. nautical charts available from the NOAA Office of Coast Survey: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov.
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Access constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
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Other constraints: Other Constraints
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Use constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints: Other Constraints
Spatial representation type: vector
Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959
Resource extent:
Extent description: Coastal waters and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United States and its territories
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: -180
East longitude: 180
North latitude: 90
South latitude: -90
Credits: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), National Ocean Service (NOS)

Distribution Information

Transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Name of resource: ArcGIS dynamic map service
Online location: https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer
Function performed: search
Online distribution information:
Name of resource: ArcGIS tiled map service
Online location: http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/web_mercator/nos_hydro/MapServer
Function performed: search
Online distribution information:
Name of resource: WMS GetCapabilities
Online location: http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
Function performed: search