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Category: Carlson Survey / C&G
Topic ID: 736
Title: C&G raw data formats
Created: 2012-04-04Last modified: 2012-04-04
C&G raw data formats

There are two types of C&G raw data files. The .RAW is the old type used by the DOS and CGField software products. The .CGR file is the new type used by CGSurvey for Windows and CGSurvey for AutoCAD.

                    .RAW file format:

There are two versions of the .RAW file, a two-byte code and four-byte code file. If the version in the header is ‘3’ it is a 4 byte code file. If it is ‘2’, it is a two-byte code file.

Version ‘3’:
Record Length of Raw Data File without Description = 69 (67 + 2 for 
CR and LF)

The description length can vary from one .RAW file to the next. To find the record length, get the description length from first record and add 69 to it. 

Another way to get the description length is to read the number of bytes through the first LF, and then subtract 69 from it to get the description length.

Version ‘2’:
Record Length of Raw Data File without Description = 67 (65 + 2 for 
CR and LF)

The description length can vary from one .RAW file to the next. To find the record length, get the description length from first record and add 67 to it. 

Another way to get the description length is to read the number of bytes through the first LF, and then subtract 67 from it to get the description length.

All records (including the header) are the same length. All records end with .

The only non-ASCII value in a raw data file is the description length, which is located in the first (header) record.

		Header record:

Field		Position	Description/Value
	       in Record

Type record	   0		ASCII '0' if header record

Job Name	1 -> 7	Header Job Name (ASCII)

Operator	8 -> 17	Operator Name (ASCII)

Date		18 -> 25	Date (ASCII)

Temperature	26 -> 31	Temperature (ASCII)

Pressure	32 -> 38	Pressure (ASCII)

Des. Len	39 -> 40	Raw data description length
			    compressed binary integer - 2 Bytes

Version	Type	41	for latest version - ASCII '3'


		Data records:

Field		Position	Description/Value
	       in Record
	 	
Type record	   0		ASCII '0' if header record
				ASCII '1' if Slope Dist / V.Angle
				ASCII '2' if H.Dist / V.Dist
				ASCII '3' if Reference Bearing
				ASCII '4' if Bad Record
				ASCII '5' if Scale Factor
				ASCII '6' if Comment/Code
				Hex '1a' if end of file

Inst Pt	1 -> 6	Inst. Pt. number (ASCII)

H.I.   	7 -> 14	Height of Inst.  (ASCII)

B.S. Pt.	15 -> 20	B.S. Pt. number  (ASCII)

PH   		21 -> 28	Rod/Prism Height (ASCII)

Angle		29 -> 38	Horizontal Angle (ASCII)

Distance	39 -> 47	S.Dist/H.Dist (ASCII)

Vertical	48 -> 56	V.Angle/V.Dist (ASCII)

F.S. Pt.	57 -> 62	F.S. Pt. number  (ASCII)

4-byte code file:
Code		63 -> 66	Point Code (ASCII)

Desc		67 -> 67+Desc_len	Description
 
2-byte code file:
Code		63 -> 64	Point Code (ASCII)

Desc		65 -> 65+Desc_len	Description

All values are right justified in field except the description and point code which are left justified.

If the instrument point field is filled with spaces, the record is a foresight record.

If there is a value in the instrument point field, the record is an instrument record (new setup).

Direction Records:
Record types '3' (Bearing Azimuth Records) are tied to the current instrument setup. It is positive if it is from the current instrument point to the next instrument point, or negative if it is from the instrument point to the backsight point. It can either be in bearing or azimuth format. The azimuth is placed in the Horizontal Angle field.

     IP     HI     BS    RH      HA       Dist     Vangle
1     1    5.32     5    5.00   0.00000  290.540 88.35000                
3                            -145.00000                                  

The direction 145 is either N45E or the azimuth 145 depending on the mode, and goes from point 1 to point 5.

1     1    5.32     9    5.00   0.00000  290.540 88.35000                
3                             145.00000                                  
1                        5.00 289.19300  292.310271.25100     2          
1     2    5.20     1    5.00   0.00000  292.310 91.31300                

The direction 145 is either N45E or the azimuth 145 depending on the mode, and goes from point 1 to point 2.



Scale Records:
Record types '5' (Scale Factor) are placed in the horizontal angle
field.

1     1    5.32     5    5.00   0.00000  290.540 88.35000                
5                               .999996                                  

Records that start with ‘6’ are either comment records or special coded records.


Coordinate record:
6C 23 1000 1000 900 ‘IPF

Elevation record:
6E 23 900

Traverse Records:

6LT – start a loop traverse
6CT – start a closed traverse that begins and ends on known points
6FS 7 – For CT traverse, this tells the point you are tying into (last fs point, if there are no sideshots at the last instrument point, this is not necessary).
6OT – start an open traverse
6ET – End traverse

Traverses can be sequential or embedded.

Any record that begins with a ‘4’ is a record marked BAD in the field and should be ignored.


                      .CGR Files:

The file has a .CGR extension. The .CGR file is an ASCII file.

The Description Length can vary from one .CGR file to the next.

The header record is 500 bytes.

		Header record:

Field		Position	Description/Value
	       in Record

Job Name	   0 -> 14		Header Job Name

Client         16 -> 41     	Client Name

Operator       42 -> 62		Operator Name

Date	         63 -> 71 	Date

Temperature    72 -> 78      	Temperature

Pressure       79 -> 86     	Pressure

Book           87 -> 97     	Field Book

Page           98 -> 108    	Field Book Page

Note          109 -> 189   	Special Notes

Desc Len      190 -> 194     	Length of Description field

Record Len    194 -> 197     	Data Record Length
                          	(fixed-length + desc-length + CRLF)

Version       198 -> 209     	Version

High Rec      209 -> 218     	High record number  

              219 -> 497     	Not used (future expansion)

              488 -> 499     	

		Data records:

Field		Position	Description/Value
	       in Record
	 	
Type record	   0		ASCII '1' if Slope Dist / V.Angle
				ASCII '2' if H.Dist / V.Dist
				ASCII '4' if Bad Record
				ASCII '6' if Comment/Code
				Hex '1a' if end of file

Inst Pt.	1 -> 11	Inst. Pt. number (alpha-numeric)

H.I.   	12 -> 20	Height of Inst.

B.S. Pt.	21 -> 31	B.S. Pt. number (alpha-numeric)

PH   		32 -> 40	Rod/Prism Height

Angle		41 -> 51	Horizontal Angle

Distance	52 -> 61	S.Dist/H.Dist

Vertical	62 -> 71	V.Angle/V.Dist

F.S. Pt.	72 -> 82	F.S. Pt. number

Code		83 -> 86	4 Char Point Code

Desc		87 -> 87+Desc_len	Description

terminated with 

All values are right justified in field except description and Point code which are left justified.

If the instrument point field is filled with spaces, the record is a foresight record.

If there is a value in the instrument point field, the record is an instrument record (new setup).

Special Records:

Special Codes can be placed in the Comment Lines. These codes are the same as the .RAW version (Coordinate, Elevation, Traverse records) with the following additions.

Scale Record:
        6S .999876 (Scale)
Direction Record
        6DR 1-3 234.5634 (Direction)

The Direction code in the above example says the direction from point 1 to point 3 is either:

       S 34-56-34 E (if in bearing mode)
       234-56-34    (if in azimuth mode) 

The bearing/azimuth mode is set in the software and is not part of the raw data file.

Standard Error Records:

Standard error values can be placed directly in the raw data file. These records begin with the code “SE”. They are used to set the standard error values of measurements and control points that will be used in the Network Least Squares Adjustment program. All angle values are in seconds. These SE records will control until there is another SE record to change it. They can be placed anywhere in the raw data file and can affect specific measurements. If there is NO SE record in the raw data file, then the project defaults will control. There are three basic types of Standard Error records: 

	Control SE records:
These control the SE values for Coordinate and Direction (azimuth) records. Example:

6SE X:! Y:! Z:! AZ:5

The ! symbol means to hold a value. The # symbol means to let it float. Any other value (.05) is taken as the Standard error assigned to the value.

	Measurement SE records:
These control the SE values for measurements. The following values can be set:
Distance Error, Horizontal Pointing Error, Horizontal Reading Error, Vertical Pointing Error, Vertical Reading Error, and PPM. Example:

6SE D:.01 PE:5 RE:10 VP:5 VR:10 PPM:5                                                                      

	Setup SE records:
These control the SE values for the equipment setup. The following values can be set: Target Centering Error, Instrument Centering Error, Instrument Height Error and Prism Height Error. Example:

6SE TE:.001 IE:.001 HI:.01 ROD:.01                                                                         

The “*” symbol is used to put SE values BACK to the project defaults, example:

6SE X:* Y:* Z:* AZ:*                                                                                       
6SE D:* PE:* RE:* VP:* VR:* PPM:*                                                                          
6SE TE:* IE:* HI:* ROD:*                                                                                   

Data OFF/ON records:

6DO

Data ON/Off records come in pairs. The first DO record will turn the data OFF. All raw data following the DO record will be ignored when processed. The second DO record will turn the data back ON. Raw data following the second DO record is active.

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