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JSON file format for REFMAR tide gauge data available on http://data.shom.fr

JSON, which stands for JavaScript Object Notation, is one of 3 REFMAR tidal data dissemination formats available on data.shom.fr. It is a text format derived from JavaScript object notation. It is used to represent structured information the way XML can.

JSON format:

The JSON file contains a "header" block. This block provides the coordinates of the tidal observatory for which the sea level measurements are being downloaded.

{"request":"GetObservation","version":"2.0.0","service":"SOS","observations":[

The rest of the file consists of the following blocks:

1 {

2 "type":"http://www.opengis.net/def/observationType/OGC-OM/2.0/OM_Measurement",

3 "procedure":"http://shom.fr/maregraphie/procedure/3",

4 "offering":"http://shom.fr/maregraphie/offering/3",

5 "observableProperty":"http://shom.fr/maregraphie/observedProperty/WaterHeight/1",

6 "featureOfInterest":

7 {

8 "identifier":

9 {

10 "codespace":"http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown",

11 "value":http://shom.fr/maregraphie/featureOfInterest/3

12 },

13 "name":

14 {

15 "codespace":"http://www.opengis.net/def/nil/OGC/0/unknown",

16 "value":"http://shom.fr/maregraphie/featureOfInterest/3"

17 },

18 "geometry":

19 {

20 "type":"Point",

21 "coordinates":[48.38290024,-4.49503994]

22 }

23 },

24 "phenomenonTime":"2015-02-03T09:54:12.000Z",

25 "resultTime":"2015-02-03T09:54:12.000Z",

26 "result":{"uom":"m","value":1.76}

27 },

Each block corresponds to a water height for a given date/time.

The important information is:

Lines 3 and 4: The number of the observatory (here the identifier is 3 corresponding to BREST);
Line 5: the type of data: here WaterHeight/1 = high frequency raw data;
Line 21: the coordinates of the site;
Line 24 and 25: the date and time of the data in the format:

[year]-[month]-[day]T[hour]:[minutes]:[seconds][time system], with decimal seconds xx.xxx and Z (Zulu) corresponding to UTC;

Line 26: the water height in meters.

References

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Last updated : 2015 06 01

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