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Name S-57 Electronic Navigational Chart 3.1
Description BOF consists of a 'Leader' within which an 'ISO/IEC 8211 Record Identifier', 'Data Set Identification field' (DSID), and 'Data Set Structure information field' (DSSI) are found. This is followed by a 'DR Leader' containing values defined in the DSID, including the S-57 format 'Edition' value. For the purposes of an identification signature, we're seeking from offset 5 "3LE1 09" {0-2048} "ISO/IEC 8211 Record Identifier" {0-128} "Data set identification field" {0-512} "STED!" {0-4096} 0x1E {5} " D " {16-256} "03.1"
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Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 5
Maximum Offset 0
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Value 334C4531203039{0-2048}49534F2F4945432038323131205265636F7264204964656E746966696572{0-128}4461746120736574206964656E74696669636174696F6E206669656C64{0-512}5354454421{0-4096}1E{5}20442020202020{16-256}30332E31
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