NOS Hydrographic Surveys Collection

Description

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has the statutory mandate to collect hydrographic data in support of nautical chart compilation for safe navigation and to provide background data for engineers, scientific, and other commercial and industrial activities. Hydrographic survey data primarily consist of water depths, but may also include features (e.g. rocks, wrecks), navigation aids, shoreline identification, and bottom type information. NOAA is responsible for archiving and distributing the source data as described in this metadata record. Survey types are B: Hydrographic EEZ Surveys; D: Discovery Surveys; H: Hydrographic Surveys; F: Field Edit Surveys; W: Non-NOS Hydrographic Surveys.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc:NOS_Hydrographic_Survey_Collection/html
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/
0 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hydro-survey-search/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
21 This page provides an interface to search the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. https://doi.org/10.25923/0s62-kd16
21 Please see website for more information about NOS Hydrographic Survey Data. https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) image service. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2320b46f76c34230a72a70029a970f64
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief tile layer. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7ca0a68d6fd8480cb83c89173ab9d814
0 This map service shows the location and coverage of NOS Hydrographic Surveys. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f8ca92b0f19a4de3887bdc160f73106e
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) ArcGIS Image service https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/bag_bathymetry/ImageServer
21 Please see website for more information about NOS Hydrogaphic Survey Data. https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Hydrographic Survey Data (dynamic map service). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f8ca92b0f19a4de3887bdc160f73106e
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Hydrographic Survey Data (tile layer). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d4a3df72f0544cccb89c4c8aea752ebc
0 This image service shows color shaded relief visualizations of the NOS BAGs (Bathymetric Attributed Grids). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7ca0a68d6fd8480cb83c89173ab9d814
23 The NOS Hydrographic Surveys ArcGIS hosted tile layer provides rapid display of survey polygons from global scales down to zoom level 10 (approx. 1:577,000 scale). https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/nos_hydro/MapServer
23 The NOS Hydrographic Surveys ArcGIS dynamic map service is visible at all scales, and allows toggling of the sublayers. A filter can be applied using the layerDefinitions parameter. https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer
52 Capabilities document for Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service for NOS Hydrographic Surveys https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/services//web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief tile layer (an overview of all surveys in a continuous image). Note: this is a tiled image service, cached to zoom level 16 (2.4 m resolution), with level 17 (1.2 m) available in many areas. In the ArcGIS JavaScript API, it can be loaded as an ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer (faster), or as an ArcGISImageServiceLayer (slower). https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/bag_hillshades/MapServer
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
21 Home page for digitized data from smooth sheets of hydrographic surveys completed between 1837 and 1965, and from survey data acquired digitally on NOS survey vessels since 1965. Over 76 million soundings from over 6,600 surveys are included. NGDC has developed an interactive map and data discovery tool, the Bathymetry Map Service, and a text-based search engine, the Hydrographic Survey Text Search, which enable rapid data discovery and download. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief "Subsets" ArcGIS Image service. Allows access to the underlying images; allows subsets using a definition query; maximum of 80 rasters displayed at a time. When using the subsets version in ArcMap or the JavaScript API, etc., a definition query can be used to display groupings of images. Example definition query to view all the BAGs for a single NOS survey H12003 off Maryland/Virginia: "Name LIKE 'H12003%'". https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/bag_hillshades_subsets/ImageServer
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc:NOS_Hydrographic_Survey_Collection/html
21 Home page for digitized data from smooth sheets of hydrographic surveys completed between 1837 and 1965, and from survey data acquired digitally on NOS survey vessels since 1965. Over 76 million soundings from over 6,600 surveys are included. NGDC has developed an interactive map and data discovery tool, the Bathymetry Map Service, and a text-based search engine, the Hydrographic Survey Text Search, which enable rapid data discovery and download. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/
0 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hydro-survey-search/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
21 This page provides an interface to search the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. https://doi.org/10.25923/0s62-kd16
21 Please see website for more information about NOS Hydrographic Survey Data. https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) image service. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2320b46f76c34230a72a70029a970f64
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief tile layer. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7ca0a68d6fd8480cb83c89173ab9d814
0 This map service shows the location and coverage of NOS Hydrographic Surveys. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f8ca92b0f19a4de3887bdc160f73106e
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) ArcGIS Image service https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/bag_bathymetry/ImageServer
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief tile layer (an overview of all surveys in a continuous image). Note: this is a tiled image service, cached to zoom level 16 (2.4 m resolution), with level 17 (1.2 m) available in many areas. In the ArcGIS JavaScript API, it can be loaded as an ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer (faster), or as an ArcGISImageServiceLayer (slower). https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/bag_hillshades/MapServer
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief "Subsets" ArcGIS Image service. Allows access to the underlying images; allows subsets using a definition query; maximum of 80 rasters displayed at a time. When using the subsets version in ArcMap or the JavaScript API, etc., a definition query can be used to display groupings of images. Example definition query to view all the BAGs for a single NOS survey H12003 off Maryland/Virginia: "Name LIKE 'H12003%'". https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/bag_hillshades_subsets/ImageServer
21 Please see website for more information about NOS Hydrogaphic Survey Data. https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Hydrographic Survey Data (dynamic map service). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f8ca92b0f19a4de3887bdc160f73106e
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Hydrographic Survey Data (tile layer). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d4a3df72f0544cccb89c4c8aea752ebc
0 This image service shows color shaded relief visualizations of the NOS BAGs (Bathymetric Attributed Grids). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7ca0a68d6fd8480cb83c89173ab9d814
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
23 The NOS Hydrographic Surveys ArcGIS hosted tile layer provides rapid display of survey polygons from global scales down to zoom level 10 (approx. 1:577,000 scale). https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/nos_hydro/MapServer
23 The NOS Hydrographic Surveys ArcGIS dynamic map service is visible at all scales, and allows toggling of the sublayers. A filter can be applied using the layerDefinitions parameter. https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer
52 Capabilities document for Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service for NOS Hydrographic Surveys https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/services//web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc:NOS_Hydrographic_Survey_Collection/html
21 Home page for digitized data from smooth sheets of hydrographic surveys completed between 1837 and 1965, and from survey data acquired digitally on NOS survey vessels since 1965. Over 76 million soundings from over 6,600 surveys are included. NGDC has developed an interactive map and data discovery tool, the Bathymetry Map Service, and a text-based search engine, the Hydrographic Survey Text Search, which enable rapid data discovery and download. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/
0 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hydro-survey-search/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
21 This page provides an interface to search the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. https://doi.org/10.25923/0s62-kd16
21 Please see website for more information about NOS Hydrographic Survey Data. https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) image service. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2320b46f76c34230a72a70029a970f64
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief tile layer. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7ca0a68d6fd8480cb83c89173ab9d814
0 This map service shows the location and coverage of NOS Hydrographic Surveys. https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f8ca92b0f19a4de3887bdc160f73106e
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) ArcGIS Image service https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/bag_bathymetry/ImageServer
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief tile layer (an overview of all surveys in a continuous image). Note: this is a tiled image service, cached to zoom level 16 (2.4 m resolution), with level 17 (1.2 m) available in many areas. In the ArcGIS JavaScript API, it can be loaded as an ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer (faster), or as an ArcGISImageServiceLayer (slower). https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/bag_hillshades/MapServer
23 REST endpoint for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Color Shaded Relief "Subsets" ArcGIS Image service. Allows access to the underlying images; allows subsets using a definition query; maximum of 80 rasters displayed at a time. When using the subsets version in ArcMap or the JavaScript API, etc., a definition query can be used to display groupings of images. Example definition query to view all the BAGs for a single NOS survey H12003 off Maryland/Virginia: "Name LIKE 'H12003%'". https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/bag_hillshades_subsets/ImageServer
21 Please see website for more information about NOS Hydrogaphic Survey Data. https://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Hydrographic Survey Data (dynamic map service). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f8ca92b0f19a4de3887bdc160f73106e
0 NOAA GeoPlatform listing for Hydrographic Survey Data (tile layer). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d4a3df72f0544cccb89c4c8aea752ebc
0 This image service shows color shaded relief visualizations of the NOS BAGs (Bathymetric Attributed Grids). https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7ca0a68d6fd8480cb83c89173ab9d814
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
23 The NOS Hydrographic Surveys ArcGIS hosted tile layer provides rapid display of survey polygons from global scales down to zoom level 10 (approx. 1:577,000 scale). https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/nos_hydro/MapServer
23 The NOS Hydrographic Surveys ArcGIS dynamic map service is visible at all scales, and allows toggling of the sublayers. A filter can be applied using the layerDefinitions parameter. https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer
52 Capabilities document for Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service for NOS Hydrographic Surveys https://gis.ngdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/services//web_mercator/nos_hydro_dynamic/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Tags

  • united states of america
  • sonar
  • nesdis
  • national geospatial data asset
  • bathymetry
  • in situ/laboratory instruments
  • oceans
  • global positioning system/inertial measurement unit
  • marine sediments
  • continent
  • national geophysical data center
  • noaa
  • north america
  • msbs
  • noaa onestop project
  • elevation theme
  • passive remote sensing
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • profilers/sounders
  • ngda
  • earth science
  • acoustic sounders
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ngdc
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • ocean
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • gps/imu
  • hydrographic surveys for selected locations within the united states
  • sediment composition
  • multibeam swath bathymetry system
  • multibeam mapping system
  • ngdaid45
  • water depth
  • gps
  • gps receivers
  • mbes
  • positioning/navigation
  • seafloor topography
  • earth remote sensing instruments
  • sound navigation and ranging
  • national centers for environmental information

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Arctic
  • Permafrost and Arctic Landscapes
  • Coastal Flooding
  • Arctic Ocean, Sea Ice and Coasts