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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Navigation from FACS Navigation Log


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/nav/<activity-id>.navigation

Style time/lat/long style, multi-record, in caps, without tabs

Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Lat, Long, Comment)

Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, a)

C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f %s)

Purpose temporal domain

Derivative FACS Navigation logbook

Example

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

19952520151000 40.97736 -124.20106 19952520549000 41.08056 -124.45160 19952520551000 41.08144 -124.45383 19952520626000 41.09738 -124.49268 COURSE CHANGE 19952520700000 41.07848 -124.49422

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