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Additional Military Layers<br />

Environment, Seabed and Beach Product Specification<br />

Attribute Definition Values<br />

Absolute Horizontal<br />

Accuracy<br />

Absolute Vertical<br />

Accuracy<br />

Access Restriction<br />

The positional error estimate for a<br />

single point, relative to the<br />

specified spatial reference system<br />

(AML)<br />

The vertical error estimate for a<br />

single point, relative to the<br />

specified spatial reference system<br />

(AML)<br />

Restrictions on access to the beach<br />

from the sea.<br />

Value: min 0<br />

Units: metres or feet<br />

(units must be defined)<br />

Resolution: 0.1 (metres or ft)<br />

Value: min 0<br />

Units: metres or feet<br />

(units must be defined)<br />

Resolution: 0.1 (metres or ft)<br />

Text String<br />

Approach<br />

Attenuation<br />

Bearing<br />

Bottom Feature<br />

Classification<br />

(AML)<br />

Description of approach including<br />

direction and potential hazards.<br />

(AML)<br />

Reduction in intensity of sound<br />

waves.<br />

(Adapted from IHO -Dictionary<br />

S -32, 5 th Edition, 292)<br />

The horizontal direction of one<br />

terrestrial point from another,<br />

expressed as the angular distance<br />

from a reference direction.<br />

(IHO Dictionary, S -32, 5th<br />

Edition, 435.)<br />

Classification of naturally<br />

occurring bottom features on the<br />

seabed.<br />

(AML)<br />

Text String<br />

Value: min 0<br />

Unit: decibels/metre<br />

Resolution: 0.1<br />

Value:<br />

0.0_ - 359.9_<br />

Unit: degree (_)<br />

Resolution: 0.1<br />

- Berm: A narrow, raised embankment<br />

along a beach formed by the deposit<br />

of material by waves and marks the<br />

limit of high tides. (Adapted from<br />

IHO <strong>Hydrographic</strong> Dictionary, S -32,<br />

5 th Edition, 468)<br />

- Fault line: A break of shear in the<br />

earth’s crust with an observable<br />

displacement between the two sides<br />

of the break, and parallel to the end<br />

of the break. (IHO <strong>Hydrographic</strong><br />

Dictionary, S -32, 5 th Edition 1778)<br />

- Ledge: A rocky formation<br />

continuous with and fringing the<br />

shore. (IHO <strong>Hydrographic</strong><br />

Dictionary, S -32, 5 th Edition, 2707)<br />

- Highly Reflective Patch: Highly<br />

reflective patch of seabed found by<br />

side scan, no contact found using<br />

MM sonar. (AML)<br />

- Magnetic Anomaly: An anomaly of<br />

the magnetic field of the earth,<br />

extending over a relatively small<br />

area, due to local magnetic<br />

influences. (IHO <strong>Hydrographic</strong><br />

Dictionary, S -32, 5 th Edition, 2874)<br />

- Pockmark: Small depression on the<br />

seabed. (AML)<br />

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