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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Farnella ABC 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
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Data Formats:	ARC coverage E00 FGDC metadata gridded/image imaging material scattered/swath Shapefile vector/polygon

File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/nav/<activity-id>.080

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

19841441702000 33.76350 -118.21030 19841441818000 33.67420 -118.21970 19841441820000 33.67480 -118.22650 19841441824000 33.67500 -118.24050 19841441826000 33.67470 -118.24820

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