Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Sounding

Synonyms

Definition

A sub-marine point locality whose depth is measured and known.

Comments

Table Name

SOUNDING

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • SOUNDING_1M_PT
  • SOUNDING_PT

None entered in defining this feature type

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

  • Nautical
Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1053 Depth Being deep; measurement from top down, from surface inwards, or from front to back. Mandatory number(10,2)   metres Types
1251 Display A field used to select data for display purposes through a query. For example, data is too dense for display on a map at a particular scale. Australia uses this field to enter the scale at which the data is to be displayed. E.g. options are: 25000, 50000 Optional character(50)     Types
1124 Method   Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Airborne altimetric, surface barometric
Altimetric
Astronomical
Barometric The use of an instrument to measure atmospheric pressure.
Differential levelling or trigonometrical
Digitising Convert from a physical product into digital form
Geodetic satellite observation
GPS Global Positioning System
Levelling
Other
Photogrammetric
Trigonometrical Calculations are based on the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles.
Unknown
  Types
1150 Q_Info An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. Mandatory number(5)     Types
1248 Source The source of the data Optional character(50)     Types