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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Integrated navigation (SINS) data

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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/nav/<activity-id>.050
Style time/lat/long style, multi-record, in caps, without tabs
Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Latitude, Longitude)
Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5)
C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f\\n)
Purpose temporal-spatial data
Derivative data acquisition systems

Example
         1         2         3      
123456789012345678901234567890123456
    
19771300957420  37.94832 -122.97142
19771301000100  37.94670 -122.97690
19771301002340  37.94514 -122.98240
19771301004590  37.94357 -122.98782
19771301007260  37.94197 -122.99332 
      

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