NOS Survey L02262E - HYD93 Format Header

  Surv Id Format Ngdc Id   Params Create Date Source Institution Seq
4 L02262E HYD93 03NG1258   SF 19960828 National Ocean Survey, N.O.A.A. 01
Country Platform Name Plat Type Chief Hydrographer(s) Seq
U.S.A. Unknown Ship 1SHIP Luis D. Kirte 02
Project Type of Survey Strt Yr End Yr Scale of Survey Seq
    1962 1965 1:5,000 03
Area (General) of Survey Area (Specific) of Survey Seq
Lake Michigan Manistee Harbor 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 NOS06 North American Datum 1927 07
code Vertical Datum tide Original Sounding Units Seq
  Great Lake Datum, differs lake to lake   feet 08
Sounding Method Seq
Digital Echo Sounder w/ Graphical Record assumed 09
c Sound Velocity Correction Seq
1 Corrected for actual sound velocity 10
Data Processing Methodology Seq
Smooth sheets digitized for N.O.S. by National Geophysical Data Center 11
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) +44.27 +44.24 -86.35 -86.30 12
Additional Documentation
Seq
The Standard American Datum used by Army Corps of Eng. may be misnamed. 13
The most likely datum used was U.S Standard Datum 1901 (Clarke Ellipsoid 1866) 14
ref: NOAA Professional Paper NOS2: North American Datum of 1983 15
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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