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


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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>/meta/<activity-id>.navarea

Style single record, in caps, without tabs

Mnemonic
(ActivityID, North, South, East, West)

Fortran format
(a, t10, f9.5, t20, f9.5, t30, f10.5, t41, f10.5)

C format
(%7s %9.5f %9.5f %10.5f %10.5f)

Purpose bounding coordinates

Derivative /infobank/programs/nav/getarea

Example

1 2 3 4 5 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901

L284AN -43.59192 -77.64513 -173.37114 163.00166

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