[IGS-DCWG-61] Re: [IGS-DCWG-58] Change in compression scheme at IGS data centers

[Robert Khachikyan]

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IGS-DCWG Mail      30 Mar 20:55:04 PDT 2010      Message Number 61
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Author: Robert Khachikyan

Carey,

20-30% more compression over gzip or hatanaka+unix_compression?

This compression scheme is to be applied to rinex only or rinex+prods or ??

Regards,
--Robert

On 3/30/2010 11:24 AM, Carey Noll wrote:
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> IGS-DCWG Mail      30 Mar 11:23:01 PDT 2010      Message Number 58
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> Author: Carey Noll/CDDIS
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>      Over the years we have discussed updating the compression
> scheme used within the IGS to a more modern utility. I would
> once again like to visit this topic. Of course any change
> such as this would have to be rolled out over time but, at
> the CDDIS at least, we are thinking about changing the
> compression used in older data sets and then migrating more
> recent data over time, closely coordinating with our various
> user communities. Any new method should be integrated (or
> freely available) in the OS of major platforms (Linux, UNIX,
> Windows, OS X). Staff here are recommending bzip. This
> utility is available on Linux, UNIX, and OS X releases and is
> available for free for Windows. We have seen an improvement in
> compression by 20-30% using bzip on our limited tests. I would
> be interested in any thoughts on this proposal as well as any
> other commonly available utilities that could be considered.
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> Regards,
> Carey.
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