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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Lines


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InfoBank Terms:	Activity ID activity overview crew formal metadata lines metadata NGDC port stops project/theme region ship stations time virtual globe year
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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>/nav/<activity-id>.lines

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

Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, Lat, Long, ActivityID, EquipmentType, Depth, DepthUnits, Line, Station, Roll, Comments)

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, a9, t100, a9, t110, a)

C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f %7s %24s %6.1f%1s %9s %9s %9s %s)

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

20001610806000 34.02898 -118.58589 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 51X START 20001610950000 33.94439 -118.67760 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 51X END 20001610951000 33.94357 -118.67849 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 51XD START 20001611025000 33.92680 -118.64460 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 51XD END 20001611030000 33.92805 -118.63891 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 49X START 20001611207000 34.00671 -118.55096 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 49X END 20001611209000 34.00499 -118.54952 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 49XD START 20001611239000 33.98182 -118.52607 A100SC LINES 0.0 M 49XD END

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