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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) [DAPS]  
(Year, DayOfYear, UTCHour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Hundredths, Lat, Long, ActivityID, PortInformation) [DAPX]
Fortran format 
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5, t37, a, t45, 'IN PORT', t53, a) [DAPS]  
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, 2i1.1, t17, f10.6, t28, f11.6, t40, a, t48, 'IN PORT', t55, a) [DAPX]
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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