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Merge PR#146 to draft-1.5 from ASPRSorg/issue-128-deprecate-pre-14-pdrfs
PDRFs 0-5 completely removed and flagged as no longer valid. Added hyperlinks for GPS Time and Time Offset.
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| Bits | Field Name | Description |
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| 0 | GPS Time Type | The meaning of GPS Time in the point |
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| | | records. If this bit is not set, the GPS |
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| | | time in the point record fields is GPS |
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| 0 | GPS Time Type | Used in combination with Time Offset |
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| | | Flag to indicate the meaning of |
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| | | :ref:`GPS Time <gpstime_link>` in the |
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| | | point records. |
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| | | |
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| | | If neither bit is set, the GPS |
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| | | Time in the point record fields is GPS |
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| | | Week Time (the same as versions 1.0 |
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| | | through 1.2 of LAS). Otherwise, if this |
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| | | through 1.2 of LAS). |
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| | | |
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| | | Otherwise, if this |
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| | | bit is set, the GPS Time is standard GPS |
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| | | Time (satellite GPS Time) minus |
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| | | 1 x :math:`10^9` (Adjusted Standard GPS |
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| 5 | Reserved | Must be set to zero (0). |
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| 6 | Time Offset Flag | If set, GPS Time is defined as Offset |
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| | | GPS Time. The Offset GPS Time is |
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| | | standard GPS Time (satellite GPS Time) |
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| | | minus 1 x :math:`10^6` x Time Offset. |
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| | | The Time Offset is specified in the LAS |
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| | | header. |
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| 6 | Time Offset Flag | Used in combination with GPS Time Type |
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| | | to indicate the meaning of |
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| | | :ref:`GPS Time <gpstime_link>` in the |
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| | | point records. |
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| | | |
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| | | If both bits are set, the GPS Time |
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| | | is defined as Offset GPS Time. The |
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| | | Offset GPS Time is standard GPS Time |
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| | | (satellite GPS Time) minus |
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| | | 1 x :math:`10^6` x Time Offset. The Time |
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| | | :ref:`Time Offset <timeoffset_link>` |
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| | | is specified in the LAS header. |
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| | | The offset moves time to near zero to |
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| | | improve floating-point resolution for a |
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| | | given time period. |
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all point records within the file have GPS Time values set to zero,
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such as for certain :ref:`Aggregate Model Systems <aggregate_link>`.
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.. _timeoffset_link:
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**Time Offset**
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The Time Offset field can be used to optimize GPS Time precision for a desired time period.
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The Time Offset field can be used to optimize :ref:`GPS Time <gpstime_link>` precision for a desired time period.
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Offset GPS Time for a point record is equal to standard GPS Time, minus :math:`10^6` * Time Offset.
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For example, Adjusted Standard GPS Time uses a total offset of 1 billion (:math:`10^9`) seconds, which would be specified by a Time Offset of 1000.

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