referencing exported stations

[Jaspal Sahota]

Thanks Olly, Wookey, that all makes sense.
On 15 May 2022, 11:47 +0100, Wookey <wookey at wookware.org>, wrote:
> On 2022-05-13 16:07 +0100, Jaspal Sahota wrote:
> >
> > My surveys are generated by some software I’m developing so the files and stations have the same names but are differentiated by date and time taken.
> > For example I might have files folders like this:
> >
> > • AberLas
> > • everything.svx
> > • 2022-05-12
> > • R00S00.svx
> > • R00S01.svx
> > • all.svx
> > • 2022-05-13
> > • R00S00.svx
> > • R00S01.svx
> > • R00S02.svx
> > • all.svx
> >
> >
> > Do I need to update my lowest level files to use unique names rather than reusing R00S00 etc? Or is there perhaps some clever (or basic!) trick I’m missing?
>
> Yes, ultimately all stations have to have a unique reference otherwise
> they are the same station. You can do this either by giving different
> survey names in each R00S00 file, or by adding a name at the date
> level so that the survey structure matches the file structure.
>
> Having the date in every station name is a bit unwieldy so I'd go for giving different survey names to each survey.
> On the other hand putting the dates in as survey names may be easier to automate in your software?
>
> I could give examples, but it'll take a while, and I think you understand what I mean without giving too much detail :-)
>
> Wookey
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