New Features of the GNSS Data Center

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New Features of the GNSS Data Center

• Heinz Habrich, Jens Kuscherka, Erwin Wiesensarter
• Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy,
  Frankfurt M., Germany

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Introduction

• Federal Agency of Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)
  operates Regional GNSS Data Center (GDC) for
  Europe since the beginning of the IGS Test
  campaign in 1992
• Major re-design of DC software since July 2005 in
  operation
• DC structured by projects IGS, EUREF, and other
  national public and private projects
• Continuously on-going development to meet new IGS
  requirement and user convenience
• ?Visit poster Map function, project assignment,
  performance check, high-rate RINEX files

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GDC Homepage
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Statistics

• 533 registered stations (201 for IGS project)
• Traffic summary for one day ( May 14, 2008)

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Map Functions
Map of Project
Station Finder
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Project Assignment
Physical Storage
Project Belonging
extended station-to-project relation
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Station Performance Checks
Project related plots
Station related plots
Tools Teqc and GMT
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High-Rate RINEX

• 15 min/1 Hz high-rate RINEX files
• accumulated real-time GNSS data streams
• uploaded to CDDIS and IGN DCs

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Outlook

• Upgrade Hardware
• New server in test phase
• Virtual server planned
• Modular design of program for handling all
  incoming files in development
• more flexible for new data types and formats
• Support of re-processing initiatives