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.loc file type #1: Localisation string resource header

A loc file extension is associated with the Localization string resource file format.

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The loc file extension is related to Localization string resource files.

String resource files are text files which contain strings in different languages. By using string resource files it is possible to create applications which can be translated to new languages without changing the source or recompiling the application.

Each string is identified by a unique number and a language number. Strings are referred to by their identification number and an application has a current language, by combining those two numbers a string for a specific language is selected.

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.loc file type #2: EasyGPS TerraByte location data

Files with loc file extension might be GPS file from EasyGPS software.

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The loc file extension is also used for some GPS location data file from EasyGPS software, used to upload and download waypoints, routes, and tracks from computer to GPS navigation.

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.loc file type #3: Suppose locations file

Files with loc extension are known as location files. 

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The loc extension file is known as location file which is usually named as "suppose.loc". It contains two kinds of records. Record type A is required, record type B is optional. There is one type A record for each location. Each location refers to a list of stands and/or inventory plots. Each stand is further defined via entries in a different file, the stand list file (.slf extension). The name of the stand list file is one of the entries on the type A records in the suppose.loc file.

The second type of record in the suppose.loc file, called type B, is used to specify group codes and addfiles applicable to all the stands at all the locations. Addfiles identified on type B records are automatically included in the simulation file for each stand that is identified as being a member of the group. Group membership is defined on type C records of the stand list file.

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