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Format

ASEG-GDF2 Description File

Summary

Name
ASEG-GDF2 Description File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1592
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
ASEG-GDF2 (Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists General Data Format Revision 2) is a data standard for the exchange and archive of geophysical data. Its primary purpose is to provide a consistent and self-documenting method for exchanging and archiving geophysical data between organisations with different hardware and software systems. For data to comply with the standard, it must be stored as a set of related ASCII files, which must include the following four filetypes as a minimum: File1.DAT, survey.DES, survey.DFN and survey.MET.
Note
ttps://www.aseg.org.au/sites/default/files/pdf/ASEG-GDF2-REV4.pdf
File extensions
des
Source
National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia

Internal signatures

ASEG-GDF2 Description file

Note
BOF, absolute zero, magic bytes: PROJGDA EOF, absolute zero, magic bytes: Export

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
50524F4A474441
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4578706F72740D0A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022

    ASEG-GDF2 Description File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Library of Australia.

    ASEG-GDF2 Description File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Library of Australia.