[IGS-DCWG-144] Sitelog and Countries

[Markus Bradke]

Hi guys,

I got confronted with a "problem" raised by the UK Met Office.
I generate a new format for meteorological products and sent it to them 
for a check.

Now I got the following answer back:


"
I also noticed that some of the ISO codes are incorrect.
DGAR and DGAV in Diego Garcia have ISO [GB] but it should be [IO].
ASPA has [US] instead of [AS]
CNMR has [US] instead of [MP]
GUUG has [US] instead of [GU]
REUN has [FR] instead of [RE]
STHL has [GB] instead of [SH]

These are all appear to be islands which are associated to the country 
code that has been given but they should have the ISO code for the 
territory that it is in.
"

These are all IGS stations that politically belong to one of the "big" 
countries but have an own ISO code.

Since nothing is really standardized or described in the current site 
log format, how do we proceed with that? I would like to give them a 
clear answer but at the moment I can't since "Country" in the site log 
can mean anything.

If we adopt the ISO codes to the actual territory, that would mean a lot 
of changes in the DC archives.

Looking forward to some feedback.

Best,

Markus

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M.Eng. Markus Bradke

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
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