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Chapter 7. Miscellaneous
ATOM File Naming Conventions
Raw data files in ATOM format are named using the following
syntax:
G<Site><Index><Year>.<Day>
Where:
Example of first file logged on May 6th 2008 on point 584V:
G584VAA8.127
Reverting to V1 for All ATOM Messages Generated by the Receiver
The current version of ATOM is V2 (October 2011). Your
receiver is by default configured to generate ATOM V2
messages.
Item in
Filename
Description
G Header indicative of a file containing ATOM data.
<Site>
A 4-character string recalling the name of the site where
data was collected (a point name in static, a trajectory name
in kinematic, or name of last surveyed point in stop & go).
The default string is four underscores (“____”).
<Index>
Order number of file being recorded (in the form “A” to “Z”
for the first 26 files logged in the same day, then “AA” to “ZZ”
for the next ones recorded in the same day, starting from the
27th file).
<Year>
Last two figures of current year (e.g. “08” for 2008) for up
to26 files recorded in the same day, then only the last figure
of current year for the 27th and next files.
.<Day>
File extension: a three-figure number representing the cur-
rent day number in year (1.. 365).