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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Eotvos/course/speed/distance data

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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/nav/<activity-id>.070
Style time/lat/long style, multi-record, in caps, without tabs
Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Lat, Long, Eotvos, Course, Speed, Distance)
Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, f8.2, t46, f6.2, t53, f6.2, t60, f7.2)
C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f %8.2f %6.2f %6.2f %7.2f\\n)
Purpose temporal-spatial data
Derivative /infobank/programs/nav/eotcssp
Comment for navigation error detection, along track distance calculation, and gravity correction. input to /infobank/programs/nav/checkeot, third input to /infobank/programs/grv/gravred

Example
         1         2         3         4         5         6       
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567
    
19812000956000  53.09391 -165.99815    -0.78 181.49  10.75  663.82
19812000958000  53.08801 -165.99841    -0.80 181.51  10.63  656.19
19812001000000  53.08210 -165.99858    -0.35 180.98  10.64  656.90
19812001002000  53.07622 -165.99867     0.02 180.54  10.58  653.44
19812001004000  53.07039 -165.99866     0.53 179.91  10.50  648.33
      

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