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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Position update data


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InfoBank Terms:	Activity ID activity overview crew formal metadata lines metadata NGDC port stops project/theme region ship stations time virtual globe year
Data Types:	bathymetry geodetic positioning gravity ground penetrating radar imagery magnetics metering equipment navigation samples seismic definitions disclaimer
Data Formats:	ARC coverage E00 FGDC metadata gridded/image imaging material scattered/swath Shapefile vector/polygon

File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/nav/<activity-id>.020

Style time/lat/long style, multi-record, in caps, without tabs

Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, NewLat, NewLon, OldLat, OldLon, DelLat, DelLon, Type)

Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, f9.5, t47, f10.5, t58, f9.5, t68, f10.5, t79, a4)

C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f %9.5f %10.5f %9.5f %10.5f %4s\\n)

Purpose temporal-spatial data

Derivative data acquisition systems

Example

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123

19862520229100 12.37579 -61.64172 12.37931 -61.64634 -.00352 .00462 8 19862520233370 12.37482 -61.65257 12.37685 -61.65171 -.00204 -.00086 8 19862520441150 12.23064 -61.87482 12.23251 -61.88704 -.00187 .01223 5 19862520511110 12.24155 -61.93846 12.23172 -61.94409 .00984 .00565 5 19862520624090 12.25025 -62.07129 12.23445 -62.07228 .01580 .00099 4

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