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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Atlas Area limits metadata [a single line]

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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/meta/<activity-id>.atlasarea
Style single record, mixed case, without tabs
Mnemonic
(ActivityID, North, South, East, West, Region)
Fortran format
(a, t10, f9.5, t20, f9.5, t30, f10.5, t41, f10.5, t52,a)
C format
(%7s  %9.5f %9.5f %10.5f %10.5f%s)
Purpose bounding coordinates
Derivative /infobank/programs/nav/getarea

Example
         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9        10        11        12
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
    
L284AN  -43.59192 -77.64513 -173.37114  163.00166 Antarctic Southern Ocean
      

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