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Appendix B: International Comment on the Worldwide Standardized Seismograph Network: Integrated Networks and User Services
Pages 74-77

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... The letter explained the charge to the Panel and requested comments from the international seismological community regarding the value of the Worldwide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN) to the community and ways in which potential upgrading of the WWSSN and the collection and dissemination of data might best meet the research requirements of major scientific problems.
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... 5. It is important to supplement any new network capability with more adequate "routine services" [Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE)
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