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Report for H12929 Locality: Approaches to Wilmington Sublocality: 53 Miles South of Southport State(s) or Region(s): North Carolina Start Date: 2016-10-23 End Date: 2016-11-09 These data are not to be used for navigation. For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts. Download times vary depending on file size and data transfer rates. Download All Products for H12929
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Survey Products

Descriptive Report and Metadata Documents

NOAA/NOS Descriptive Reports and Metadata Documents
Products listed in these reports may not reflect final products available through NCEI.
H12929_DR.pdf	4.73MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12929_DR.xml	36.9KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12929 View / Download H12929.xml		Usually presented as an XML document, which captures the basic characteristics of HSMDB metadata verified from H10000 (1982) to the present as well as F00200 (1965) to the present.

Bathymetry

Survey products may use different units, datums or projections than the associated survey. Please consult product-specific metadata for additional details.
Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Data
The BAG format is a gridded, multi-dimensional bathymetric data file (see Open Navigation Surface). Readable with various applications such as the free CARIS Easy View, ESRI ArcGIS or open source GDAL. The BAGXYZ files are ascii representations of the BAG data in XYZ format, but do not include uncertainty.
H12929_MB_2m_MLLW_1of1.bag	291.29MB
Ellipsoid Referenced BAG Files
Ellipsoid referenced Bag files have a vertical datum that may differ materially from the charted datum. Please refer to the file level metadata to ensure proper display.
H12929_MB_2m_Ellipsoid_1of1.bag	284.86MB
NOAA/NOS Sounding Data
Download data from the Point Store database via NEXT (NCEI Extract System). Point soundings are from the survey Smooth Sheet or of similar density. Depths in meters. Vertical datum is (converted to) Mean Lower Low Water if possible. Please check the associated metadata to confirm the correct datums. The data file format is : SurveyID, Long, Lat, Depth.
H12929		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12929_GeoImage.pdf	33.69MB	NOAA/NOS Layered GeoSpatial Image PDF File. Created by NOS to include chart and survey layers in a georeferenced pdf format.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

Bottom Sample Data
NOAA/NOS bottom sample listing in IMLGS (pre-1989)
Link to H12929 in IMLGS (pre-1989 samples)		Search NOAA/NOS seabed samples submitted to IMLGS through NMNH (pre-1989). Modern survey bottom samples are not currently viewable on a map service.
NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format
H12929_BottomSamples.ascii	0.7KB	NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.
NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12929_tn.pdf	86.3KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
H12929_tz.pdf	346.5KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12929_ProjectSketch.jpg	148.0KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-G309-FH-16_DAPR.pdf	29.63MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Approaches to Wilmington 53 Miles South of Southport North Carolina

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2016-10-23 2016-11-09 2017-03-03

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-G309-FH-16

Source of Original Data and License Information

License Information These data were produced by NOAA and are in the public domain within the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). View the license deed. View the legal code.

Reference System Information

Vertical Datum Horizontal Datum Projection Scale Mean Lower Low Water World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Projected UTM 17 40000

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US3SC10M 11520

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party NOAA Ship FERDINAND R. HASSLER LCDR Matthew Jaskoski, NOAA

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Applanix POS MV 320 v5 Positioning and Attitude System Reson Seabat 7125 MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 128.493 2018-01-09 17:28:12.0 BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY