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Depth Contour (BE015)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: be015.ttl
- Name
DepthContour- Kind
- FeatureType
- Definition
- A line connecting points of equal depth at and below the hydrographic datum.
- Description
- Depth contours follow the rules for contour formation, that is, contours must close on themselves, must be continuous, and must precisely represent the shape of the bottom. Depth contours are usually based on detailed bathymetric information.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Geometry
- point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid
- Subtype of
- ZI028 Feature Entity
- Attributes
- CRV Depth Curve or Contour Value — multiplicity 0..1; datatype HydroVertDimMeta
- HQC Hypsography Portrayal Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype DepthContour_hypsographyPortrayalTypeMeta; values: HQC_1 Index Contour, HQC_14 Quarter Auxiliary Contour, HQC_2 Intermediate Contour, HQC_3 Half Auxiliary Contour
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.