RDOBSCOD

Name

rdobscod

Purpose

Read standard observatory code data file.

Description

File I/o

Calling Sequence

rdobscod,code,lon,rhosinp,rhocosp,obsname,valid

Inputs

Optional Input Parameters

FILE - Name of observatory code file to read. Default=obscode.dat

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

code - array of observatory codes
lon - longitude of observatory (degrees)
rhosinp - rho * sin(co-lat)
rhocopp - rho * cos(co-lat)
obsname - Name of observatory
valid - Flag, true if the file was found and read properly.

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

2000/11/19, MWB, added different default file for Windows.
2001/03/12, MWB, changed method of locating the obscode.dat file. Now
looks in the user's IDL_PATH for this file.
2002/09/09, MWB, added support for string obscode values
2005/11/28, MWB, format of obscode.dat changed, fixed format for reading.