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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/geo/<activity-id>.image_files
Style activity first line style, multi-record, in mixed case, without tabs
Mnemonic
(see example)
Fortran format
(a)
C format
(%s)
Purpose spatial data
Derivative data acquisition systems

Example
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BR199MB Images taken
               The following images were taken with a Kodak DC120 Digital 
               camera. 

  99011106    --- View from the upper parking lot, looking west-southwest. 
                  Control point Point sits on the rock ledge leading to the arch 
               Companion image to 99011107, 99011108, and 99011109.

  99011107    --- View from the upper parking lot, looking west. Control point 
                  Platform sits on the rock outcrop in image upper-middle. 
               Companion image to 99011106, 99011108, and 99011109.

  99011108    --- View from the upper parking lot, looking northwest. Control 
                  point Path sits on the path leading down from the Visitor's Center 
                  (near blue lifeguard Stand). Companion image to 99011106, 99011107, 
                  and 99011109.   

      

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