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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Ports metadata


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/meta/<activity-id>.ports

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

Mnemonic
(Year, DayOfYear, UTCHour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Lat, Long, ActivityID, PortInformation)

Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, a, t45, 'IN PORT', t53, a)

C format
(%4.4i%3.3i%2.2i%2.2i%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f %7s IN PORT %-s\n)

Purpose temporal domain

Derivative FACS Overview logbook

Example

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

19822901705000 46.18737 -123.86186 L1382WF IN PORT LEAVE ASTORIA, OREGON 19823021630000 37.51399 -122.21068 L1382WF IN PORT ARRIVE REDWOOD CITY, CA

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