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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Total Station Location


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/geo/<activity-id>.location

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

1 2 3 4 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890

BR199MB Total Station Location Geographic Coordinates --- (WGS84 Ellipsoid, NAD83 datum, NAVD88 Elevation datum) Latitude --- +36.94988 (N 36deg 56' 59.560933) Longitude --- -122.05649 (W 122deg 03' 23.351717) Elevation --- 12.813 m UTM Coordinates --- (Zone 10N, WGS84 Ellipsoid, NAD83 datum, NAVD88 Elevation datum) Northing --- 4089728.005 m Easting --- 584006.247 m Elevation --- 12.813 m

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