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3D Hydrography Program Product Specification

This page and associated links define the U.S. Geological Survey 3D Hydrography Program specifications for 3DHP products.

Source Data

The 3DHP is comprised of data from the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and hydrography derived from elevation, stored in a common data model. More information about NHD and Elevation Derived Hydrography specifications can be found at National Geospatial Program Hydrography Standards and Specifications website.

Products

3DHP_all Service

3DHP_all 2023 Specification

Crosswalk Tables

Crosswalk tables for the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and Elevation-Derived Hydrography (datasets) to the 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP) programs.

References

Blodgett, David L., 2017, The Network Linked Data Index and geoconnex.us, accessed at https://waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/nldi-geoconnex/.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2018, North American Datum of 1983: accessed August 2, 2023, at https://geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/horizontal/north-american-datum-1983.sh….

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2018, North American Vertical Datum of 1988: accessed August 2, 2023, at https://geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/vertical/north-american-vertical-datum-….

Open Geospatial Consortium, 2018, OGC® WaterML 2: Part 3 - Surface Hydrology Features (HY_Features) - Conceptual Model: accessed September 15, 2023 at https://docs.ogc.org/is/14-111r6/14-111r6.html.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2022, Elevation-Derived Hydrography Acquisition Specifications: accessed February 2, 2023, at https://www.usgs.gov/ngp-standards-and-specifications/elevation-derived….

U.S. Geological Survey, 2022, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): accessed September 15, 2023, at https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-system-gnis.

U.S. Geological Survey, 2023, Hydrography Standards and Specifications: accessed August 2, 2023, at https://www.usgs.gov/ngp-standards-and-specifications/hydrography-stand….

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