[IGS-DCWG-27] Any DCs accepting .gz RINEX?

[Angelyn W. Moore]

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IGS-DCWG Mail      18 Nov 12:53:24 PST 2004      Message Number 27
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Author: Angelyn Moore

Dear DCWG,

I got an email from a vendor (Septentrio) who is planning on
offering tools that transmit gzipped (.gz) RINEX data (rather than
.Z compressed) directly to an ftp drop.

That brings me to two questions to poll this group on:

1. Are any of the DCs (GDC, RDC, ODC) currently able to accept .gz
RINEX from a station/ODC as input and re-offer it as .Z on the archive?
If so, the Septentrio tools would interface fine with at least some
of the IGS DCs in our present scheme.

2. How does the group feel about switching to .gz these days?
I have suggested it from time to time since about 1998, so I guess
my opinion is well known :)
I may point out that tools that transparently uncompress both .Z and .gz
are available (http://www.gzip.org) for lots of platforms.

Best regards,
Angie
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