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EA:  SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT_TECHNIQUE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1307
Concept definition: The type of sounding technique and/or method of measurement of a <<DEPTH_OF_WATERBODY_FLOOR>>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: PR
Reference: [S57A, Attribute: TECSOU]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 COMPUTER_GENERATED Determined from a model of a <WATERBODY_FLOOR>; computer generated. 1 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:14]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 DIVER Determined by a diver. 2 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:4]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 ECHO_SOUNDER Determined by an echo-sounder. 3 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:1]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 ELECTROMAGNETIC_SENSOR Determined by using an electromagnetic <SENSOR>. 4 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:9]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 LASER Determined by using a laser. 5 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:7]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 LEAD_LINE Determined by using a lead-line. 6 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:5]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 LEVELLING Determined by using levelling techniques to find the <<ELEVATION>> of the <LOCATION>. 7 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:12]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 MULTI_BEAM Determined by using a wide swath echo sounder that uses multiple beams to measure depths directly below and transverse to the track of the <VESSEL>; multi-beam. 8 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:3]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 PHOTOGRAMMETRY Determined by photogrammetry. 9 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:10]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SOUNDING_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE		 SATELLITE_IMAGERY Determined by using imagery from an <ARTIFICIAL_SATELLITE>. 10 PR [S57A, Attribute, TECSOU:11]  
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