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What format is OCS hydrographic and bathymetric data at NGDC in?

April 26, 2017bathymetric Data format hydrographic OCS

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What format is OCS hydrographic and bathymetric data at NGDC in?

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Data is available in several and varying formats depending on age and processing stage. Most surveys have images available in either tiff or MrSid format, which can be viewed with a free downloadable browser plug-in. Many surveys also have data available in ASCII text formats that can be brought into GIS applications.