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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Loran C data


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/nav/<activity-id>.030

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

Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Lat, Lon, 6Stations, 2Modes, 6Ranges)

Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, 6a1, 2a1, t45, 6(1x, f8.2))

C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f 6%1s2%1s %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f %8.2f\\n)

Purpose temporal-spatial data

Derivative data acquisition systems

Example

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789

19881881714520 53.89810 -166.52780 19881881715040 53.89780 -166.52740 19881881715160 53.89740 -166.52680 19881881715290 53.89710 -166.52630 19881881715410 53.89700 -166.52580

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