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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Equipment Log


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/meta/<activity-id>.equipment_log

Style free text style, multi-record, in mixed case, with tabs

Mnemonic
(EquipSystem, EquipType, EquipmentCode, EquipmentBrand, EquipmentModel, EquipmentMedia, Comment)

Fortran format
(a,t,a,t,a,t,a,t,a,t,a,t,a)

C format
(%s %s %s %s %s %s %s)

Purpose entity and attribute information

Derivative FACS Equipment logbook

Comment Each record is required to have 6, and only 6 tabs

Example

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR 50 MHZ GPR50 SENSORS & SOFTWARE EKKO PULSE 1000 DISK 0.2 M SPACING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR 100 MHZ GPR100 SENSORS & SOFTWARE EKKO PULSE 1000 DISK 0.2 M SPACING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR 200 MHZ GPR200 SENSORS & SOFTWARE EKKO PULSE 1000 DISK 0.2 M SPACING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR 450 MHZ GPR450 SENSORS & SOFTWARE EKKO PULSE 1000 DISK 5 CM SPACING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR 50 MHZ ON WATER GPR50B SENSORS & SOFTWARE EKKO PULSE 1000 DISK TIME SPACING

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