A staggered calibration track comprising a plurality of calibration tracks for use positioning a tape drive tape head for reading and writing data to and from multiple data tracks. The staggered calibration track is written by positioning the write head to a predetermined location and moving the tape...http://www.google.com/patents/US6801383?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6801383 - Method for calibrating a tape media using staggered calibration tracks