[IGS-DCWG-32] Re: [IGS-DCWG-30] Re: [IGS-DCWG-27] Any DCs accepting .gz RINEX?

[Dave Stowers]

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IGS-DCWG Mail      18 Nov 14:02:23 PST 2004      Message Number 32
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Author: Dave Stowers

On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 13:19, Angelyn W. Moore wrote:
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> IGS-DCWG Mail      18 Nov 13:19:14 PST 2004      Message Number 30
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> Author: Angelyn Moore
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> Thanks for the info so far...
> I guess there are really three questions then:
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> 1. Can anyone accept .gz as input from a station/ODC? (looks like yes)

yep.

> 2. Should we consider switching to offering new data in .gz starting
> at some well-announced future point in time?

Consider? Sure. Minor implications for CRZ2RNX-like scripts...

> 3. Should we consider changing all the historical archives
> to .gz?

no.

> In my mind (2) does not necessarily imply (3) especially since
> there are tools that can uncompress both styles, which makes it
> not too difficult for a user to handle a set of old + new data
> which is part .Z and part .gz.

exactly.

-dave