CARIS Easy View : Support Files Guide : HIPS and SIPS Support Files : Contact File Formats : ContactSingle
 

ContactSingle

The filename_ContactSingle.txt file contains the list of single point contact features from the export. Each line in the file is a comma (',')delimited string terminated by a new line character ('\n'). Each line in the file has the following format:

Field Name

Field Description

Description

Contact Index

4-digit integer

The index number for the contact. Index numbers are assigned sequentially from 0 when the export is performed. Guaranteed to be unique for all exported single contacts only.

Key

12 characters

The key for the contact. This is created by concatenating the line name and the contact number together. The first 8 bytes are the first 8 bytes in the line name, and the last 4 bytes are the system generated number assigned to the contact.

Line Index

4 digit integer

The line record number from the corresponding Filename_ContactLine.txt file.

Contact Number

4 digit integer

The system generated contact number assigned to the contact when it was created in the SIPS software (same as the last 4 bytes of the ‘key’ field).

Creation Date

10 characters

The date the contact was created. Has the mm/dd/yyyy format

Creation Time

10 characters

The time the contact was created. Has the following format: HH:MM:SS.S

Created User ID

3 characters

The user ID entered in the SIPS software at the time of contact creation (usually user initials)

Modified Date

10 characters

The last date the contact was modified. It may be the same as the Creation Date if the contact has not been modified since creation. It has the following format: mm/dd/yyyy

Modified Time

10 characters

The time of the last modification done to the contact. The time may be the same as the Creation Time if the contact has not been modified since it was created. It has the following format: HH:MM:SS.S

Modified User ID

3 characters

The user ID of the user that last modified the contact. The ID may be the same as the Created User ID if the contact has not be modified since it was created.

Contact Prefix

8 characters

The prefix assigned by the SIPS software when the user created the contact. This is normally used to generate the key for the contact.

Feature Code

12 characters

The CARIS Feature code used to represent the point contact.

Contact Type

1 character

This identifies the contact record as either a single point or multi point contact. Single point contacts are represented by a ‘1’ and multipoint contacts are represented by a ‘2’.

Profile Number

4 digit integer

The profile number that the contact was picked from in the SIPS software.

Across Distance

6.2 Floating point

The across-track distance recorded by the SIPS software that the point contact was picked from.

Latitude

13.7 Floating point

The latitude of the point contact.

Longitude

13.7 Floating point

The longitude of the point contact.

Target Height

6.2 Floating point

The height of the target (in metres).

Target Width

6.2 Floating point

The width of the target (in metres).

Target Length

6.2 Floating point

The length of the target (in metres).

Image Height

4 digit integer

The height of the contact image as defined by the user in the SIPS software.

Image Width

4 digit integer

The width of the contact image as defined by the user in the SIPS software.

Status

1 digit integer

The status of the contact. 0 if the contact is Accepted, 1 if the contact is Rejected.

Remarks

85 (maximum) characters

Remarks entered by the hydrographer about the created contact.