NOS Survey H02634 - HYD93 Format Header

  Surv Id Format Ngdc Id   Params Create Date Source Institution Seq
4 H02634 HYD93 PA991039   S 19 National Ocean Survey, N.O.A.A. 01
Country Platform Name Plat Type Chief Hydrographer(s) Seq
U.S.A. Unknown Ship 1SHIP R.L. FARIS 02
Project Type of Survey Strt Yr End Yr Scale of Survey Seq
    1903 1903 20,000 03
Area (General) of Survey Area (Specific) of Survey Seq
VIEQUES SOUND EASTERN SHEET 04
Quality of Survey Description Processing Status Description Seq
    05
Position Determination Seq
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Code Horizontal Datum of Records Code Original Horizontal Datum Seq
NOS31 North American Datum 1983 MGGPR Early Puerto Rico Island Datums 07
code Vertical Datum tide Original Sounding Units Seq
02 Mean Low Water   meters 08
Sounding Method Seq
Lead Line assumed 09
c Sound Velocity Correction Seq
5 Non-acoustic depth measurement 10
Data Processing Methodology Seq
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Format of Data Records Top Lat Bottom Lat Left Lon Right Lon Seq
SURV,LAT,LON,VAL,TYP,CCODE(A8,F9.6,F10.6,F6.1,I1,I3) +18.39 +18.29 -65.55 -65.36 12
Additional Documentation
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The original digitized data was corrected (y=y-0.00045) when compared with 13
USGS shoreline. NOS smooth sheet was only digitized above (north) line, whose 14
endpoints are (-65.32', -18.21') and (-65.23', -18.18'). 15
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Soundings digitized by: Aurelio Mercado Irizarry, Associate Professor, 17
Department of Marine Sciences - University of Puerto Rico 18
Hydrographic features have not been digitized. 19
Digital data for this survey have not been quality assured by NOAA. 20
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Note: You can find the comnplete HYD93 Format Specification, including all code descriptions, at www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/dat/geodas/docs/hyd93.htm