StationInfo.md

Station Information Format Specification

Description

StationInfo is a format designed to encode the basic information of a station location and quality. StationInfo uses the JSON standard.

Usage

StationInfo is intended for use in seismic data messaging between seismic applications and organizations. The StationInfoRequest Format is intended as a method of requesting a StationInfo message.

Output

    {
      "Type"      : "StationInfo",
      "Site"      :
      {
         "Station"   : String,
         "Channel"   : String,
         "Network"   : String,
         "Location"  : String,
         "Latitude"  : Number,
         "Longitude" : Number,
         "Elevation" : Number,
      },
      "Quality"       : Number,
      "Enable"        : Boolean,
      "Use"           : Boolean,
      "UseForTeleseismic" : Boolean,
      "InformationRequestor" :
      {
         "AgencyID"  : String,
         "Author"    : String
      }
    }

Glossary

Required Values:

These are the values required to define a StationInfo.

• Type - A string that identifies this message as a StationInfo.
• Site - An object containing the site for the station, see Site.

Optional Values:

The following are supplementary values that may or may not be provided as part of a StationInfo.

• Quality - A decimal number that indicates the quality of the station in a range between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 indicates that the station should not be used.
• Enable - A boolean flag indicating whether the station is enabled or not, defaults to true. This is intended to represent whether a station operator has disabled the station.
• Use - A boolean flag indicating whether the station is was used by an algorithm or not, defaults to true. This is intended to represent whether an algorithm has chosen to not use a station for quality or other reasons
• UseForTeleseismic - A boolean flag indicating whether to use the station for teleseismic algorithms, defaults to false.
• InformationRequestor - An object containing the source who requested the information, see Source.