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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Seismic FFID/Shot/CDP data

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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/seis/<activity-id>.410
Style time/lat/long style, multi-record, in caps, without tabs
Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Latitude, Longitude, Line, FFID, Shot, CDP, Comment)
Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, a12, t50, i9, t60, i9, t70, i9, t80, a)
C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f %12s %9i %9i %9i %s\\n)
Purpose temporal domain
Derivative data acquisition systems
Comment use value = -9999 for null FFID, Shot, or CDP

Example
         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
    
19942391759126  43.24403 -127.09016            1       100       100        20
19942391800149  43.24404 -127.09006            1       105       105        22
19942391801186  43.24406 -127.08994            1       108       108        24 END OF LINE 1
19942391802215  43.24407 -127.08985           2A     -9999         1         1 START 2A, 2 ABORTED
19942391803320  43.24401 -127.08978           2A     -9999         3         2
      

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