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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At Geoscience Australia we are working to ensure that the data from our GNSS networks is easier to find and access and that our stations provide full multi-GNSS support. In order to do this we are making some changes to our regional data
centre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The planned changes are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The transition to providing only RINEX version 3 data products for all GA owned and operated GNSS reference stations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Moving our FTP access point from <a href="ftp://ftp.ga.gov.au">
ftp://ftp.ga.gov.au</a> to <a href="ftp://ftp.data.gnss.ga.gov.au">ftp://ftp.data.gnss.ga.gov.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Introducing a new API access point which will be our preferred access point for all GNSS data (details on how to access can be found at
<a href="https://data.gnss.ga.gov.au/docs/">https://data.gnss.ga.gov.au/docs/</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>All RINEX version 2 data files on the new access points have been converted from .Z compression to .gz compression (as approved by the RINEX WG
<a href="https://kb.igs.org/hc/en-us/articles/201096516-IGS-Formats">https://kb.igs.org/hc/en-us/articles/201096516-IGS-Formats</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The new access points are live now and we recommend that you transition to them as soon as possible.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that from the <b>30 September 2020</b> we will no longer be updating the old FTP access server.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any trouble transitioning to the new access points or have concerns about the timing of this change please contact
<a href="mailto:gnss@ga.gov.au">gnss@ga.gov.au</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ryan Ruddick</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006983;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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