Sounding Metadata (ZI012)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

Name

SoundingMetadata

Kind

Type

Definition

A modeling entity collecting information about the basis for, and quality of, coordinates and/or dimensional measures of the digital representation of a feature and/or attribute related to a hydrographic sounding datum.

Description

For example, the sounding datum with respect to which a vertical position or dimension has been determined, or the accuracy of that position or dimension value.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Attributes

DKC Bathymetric Measurement Quality Category — multiplicity 0..*; datatype SoundingMetadata_bathyMeasureQualityCatMeta; values: DKC_1 Depth Known, DKC_10 Unconfirmed Depth, DKC_11 Maintained Depth, DKC_12 Unmaintained Depth, DKC_3 Safe Clearance Known, DKC_4 Depth Unknown, DKC_5 Depth Doubtful, DKC_6 Depth Unreliable, DKC_7 No Bottom, DKC_8 Least Depth, DKC_9 Reported Depth
TEC Bathymetric Measurement Technique — multiplicity 0..*; datatype SoundingMetadata_bathyMeasureTechniqueMeta; values: TEC_1 Echo Sounder, TEC_10 Photogrammetry, TEC_11 Satellite Imagery, TEC_12 Levelling, TEC_13 Computer Generated, TEC_14 Area Swept by Side-scan Sonar, TEC_15 Bathymetric LiDAR, TEC_17 Singlebeam, TEC_18 Underwater Utility Vehicle, TEC_19 Hyperspectral Imagery, TEC_2 Side-scan Sonar, TEC_20 Synthetic Aperture Radar, TEC_3 Multi-beam Echo Sounder, TEC_4 Diver, TEC_5 Lead-line, TEC_6 Area Swept by Wire-drag, TEC_8 Area Swept by Vertical Acoustic System, TEC_9 Electromagnetic Sensor
VDC Sounding Datum — multiplicity 0..1; datatype SoundingMetadata_soundingDatumMeta; values: VDC_10 Mean Higher High Water, VDC_100 Equinoctial Spring Low Water, VDC_101 Local Datum, VDC_102 International Great Lakes Datum 1985, VDC_103 Mean Water Level, VDC_104 Lower Low Water Large Tide, VDC_105 Higher High Water Large Tide, VDC_107 Nearly Highest High Water, VDC_11 Mean Low Water, VDC_12 Mean Low Water Neaps, VDC_13 Mean Low Water Springs, VDC_14 Mean Lower Low Water, VDC_15 Mean Sea Level, VDC_16 Mean Tide Level, VDC_17 Neap Tide, VDC_18 Spring Tide, VDC_19 Mean Lower Low Water Springs, VDC_2 High Water, VDC_20 Lowest Astronomical Tide, VDC_21 Chart Datum (Unspecified), VDC_22 Highest Astronomical Tide, VDC_24 Mean Higher High Water Springs, VDC_28 Highest High Water, VDC_3 Higher High Water, VDC_30 Indian Spring High Water, VDC_4 Indian Spring Low Water, VDC_5 Low Water, VDC_6 Lower Low Water, VDC_7 Mean High Water, VDC_8 Mean High Water Neaps, VDC_9 Mean High Water Springs, VDC_90 Lowest Low Water, VDC_91 Lowest Low Water Springs, VDC_92 Approximate Mean Low Water Springs, VDC_93 Low Water Springs, VDC_94 Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide, VDC_95 Nearly Lowest Low Water, VDC_96 Approximate Mean Low Water, VDC_97 Approximate Mean Lower Low Water, VDC_98 Approximate Mean Sea Level, VDC_99 High Water Springs
VDR Sounding Datum Name — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta
SVC Sounding Velocity Correction Method — multiplicity 0..1; datatype SoundingMetadata_soundingVelCorrectMethodMeta; values: SVC_1 Sounder 4800 Calibrated, SVC_2 Sounder 1500 Calibrated, SVC_3 Mathews Tables, SVC_4 Sound Velocity Meter, SVC_5 Sounder Other Calibrated
DCR Vessel Draft Correction — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta

Inverse associations

sounding (inverse of SoundingMetadataInfo) → BE020 Sounding (0..*)

RWOI terms naming it

RWO_03479 Sounding Metadata