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TABLE  StripeDefs

This table contains the definitions of the survey layout as planned
The lower and upper limits of the actual stripes may differ from these values. The actual numbers are found in the Segment and Chunk tables.

nametypelengthunitucddescription
stripeint4 EXTENSION_AREAStripe number
hemispherevarchar64 EXTENSION_AREAWhich hemisphere (N|S)
etafloat8degPOS_SDSS_ETASurvey eta for the center of stripe
lambdaMinfloat8degPOS_SDSS_LAMBDA POS_LIMITSurvey lambda lower limit of the stripe
lambdaMaxfloat8degPOS_SDSS_LAMBDA POS_LIMITSurvey lambda upper limit of the stripe
htmAreavarchar1024 ???HTM area descriptor string