[IGS-DCWG-38] Re: Any DCs accepting .gz RINEX

[Habrich, Heinz]

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IGS-DCWG Mail      24 Nov 13:21:49 PST 2004      Message Number 38
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Author: Heinz Habrich

BKG data center's point of view is as follows:

We have the question by several users, e.g., Swiss national mapping 
agency, to accept .gz compressed files. Some station managers send 
gz compressed files to BKG without formally agreement on that. The 
reason to use .gz from perspective of these users are

-	'compress.exe' could not be started on modern Windows PCs
-	.gz compression could more easily be handled on Windows systems
-	some receiver firmware does not support .Z compression, but it 
     does .gz
-	usage of .Z compression may require some extra work, e.g. , 
     transfer the  RINEX files as generated by the receiver to a Linux 
     platform in order to run the .Z compression, and after that, transfer 
     it back to the Windows system.

It seems reasonable for me to accept .gz files within IGS and 
I recommend it! After a formal approval within IGS, BKG is willing 
to make the necessary changes at the Data Center.

We appreciate any software tool for these new task that could be shared 
within the IGS community.

Heinz Habrich, BKG Data Center, Frankfurt, Germany