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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Images Taken


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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>/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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