USGS CMG InfoBank format for Sampling Equipment

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File Name	/infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/samp/<activity-id>.onoff.SAMP_EQUIPMENT_TYPE
Style	time/lat/long style, multi-record, in caps, without tabs
Mnemonic	(Year, DayOfYear, UTCHour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Lat, Long, ActivityID, EquipmentType, Depth, DepthUnits, SampleID, Comments) [DAPS] (Year, DayOfYear, UTCHour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Hundredths, Lat, Long, ActivityID, EquipmentType, Depth, DepthUnits, SampleID, Comments) [DAPX]
Fortran format	(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, a, t45, a24, t70, f6.1, t78, a1, t80, a9, t90, a) [DAPS] (i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, 2i1.1, t17, f10.6, t28, f11.6, t40, a, t48, a24, t73, f6.1, t81, a1, t83, a9, t93, a) [DAPX]
Purpose	temporal domain
Derivative	FACS Operation logbook, through /infobank/programs/edit/breakdown, then through /infobank/programs/nav/navmerge

Example

         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9        10        11        12
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

19840501137000 -73.69556 -176.40777 L284AN  CHAINDREDGE              2249.0  M 17        START
19840501239000 -73.70869 -176.49332 L284AN  CHAINDREDGE              1821.0  M 17        END
19840510238000 -72.36472 -178.39729 L284AN  CHAINDREDGE               645.0  M 18        START
19840510319000 -72.36927 -178.34910 L284AN  CHAINDREDGE               524.0  M 18        END

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