EPHEMERIS TAPE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05700A000400100006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 25, 1962
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: EPHEMERIS TAPE
1. NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION.
2. ARE ALL EPHEMERIS DATA RECORDS 120 BCD CHARACTERS IN LENGTH?
3. ARE THE PRINTED REPORT PAGE AND COLUMN HEADING LINES
INCLUDED ON THE TAPE?--IN THE DATA RECORDS?
4. UPON ENCOUNTERING "F-TAPE" IN WORD 5 OF A RECORD, DOES ANY
DATA WHATSOEVER REMAIN TO BE PRINTED?
5. ARE THE EPHEMERIS DATA RECORDS IN THE EXACT FORMAT OF THE
REPORT PRINTED LINE?
6. IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THERE BEING A MAXIMUM OF
54 DATA RECORDS IN A GROUP, AND THE NUMBER OF PRINT LINES PER
REPORT PAGE?
7. IS COMPARING ON REV NO. NECESSARY, EITHER TO GET COLUMN
HEADINGS, PAGE OVERFLOW, OR FOR ANY FORMS CONTROL OPERATION?
8. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF "IDENTICAL" ZEROS APPEARING IN
THE EXTREME RIGHT COLUMN OF FIELDS CONTAINING DECIMAL POINTS?
WHAT IS MEANT BY AN "IDENTICAL" ZERO.
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