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Report for W00296 Original data was collected or contracted by NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Locality: Vicinity of Puerto Rico Sublocality: Vicinity of Punta Higuero State(s) or Region(s): Puerto Rico Start Date: 2013-02-25 End Date: 2013-02-26 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 W00296

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Survey Products

Descriptive Report and Metadata Documents

NOAA/NOS Descriptive Report
Products listed in the project descriptive report (DR) may not reflect final products available through NCEI.
W00296_DR.pdf	0.81MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
W00296_DR.xml	2.9KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
W00296 View / Download W00296.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.
Variable Resolution Bathymetric Attributed Grid
W00296_MB_VR_MLLW.bag	7.89MB	The Variable Resolution BAG format is a gridded, multi-dimensional, multi-resolution bathymetric data file (see Open Navigation Surface). Currently supported with open source GDAL. The BAGXYZ files are ascii representations of the BAG data in XYZ format, but do not include uncertainty.
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.
W00296		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
W00296_GeoImage.pdf	9.33MB	NOAA/NOS Layered GeoSpatial Image PDF File. Created by NOS to include chart and survey layers in a georeferenced pdf format.
NOAA/NOS multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic in TIFF format
The multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic is readable with various applications such as the free CARIS Easy View, or ESRI ArcGIS geospatial visualization software.
W00296_MBAB_8m_R352_95kHz_1of1.tiff	7.02MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
W00296_ProjectSketch.jpg	180.4KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Vicinity of Puerto Rico Vicinity of Punta Higuero Puerto Rico

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2013-02-25 2013-02-26

Project Number Project Name Purpose OSD-AHB-15 Outside Source Data Surveys - 2015 Update Nautical Chart(s)

Source of Original Data and License Information

Link to Original Data Data Source Original Data NOAA Ship Nancy Foster License Information This data is licensed under a 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 Projected UTM 20 80000

Affected Products

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER Mark Reiss, EPA

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Kongsberg Maritime EM 1002 MBES Reson 7125 MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 5.155 2017-05-16 15:09:23.0 BATHYMETRY