[IGSMAIL-6166]: smart receiver technology demonstrator now available

[Henno.Boomkamp at esa.int]

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IGS Electronic Mail      02 Jun 08:59:43 PDT 2010      Message Number 6166
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Author: Henno Boomkamp

In preparation of the Smart Receiver splinter meeting in Newcastle,
a Technology Demonstrator version of the GPS dancer software is
now available on-line at www.GPSdancer.com.

This is an early release of the software to offer participants in the
meeting, and everybody else, an early preview of a Smart Receiver
system. Running the demos requires JAVA 1.6 and about an hour of
your time.

GPS dancer splits a conventional batch least squares process into
as many sub-processes as there are receivers, and makes these
processes work together over the internet, to solve common orbits,
satellite clocks and Earth rotation parameters.

A GPS dancer process can run on a local computer near the receiver,
but may in the future be fully embedded on the receiver hardware itself.
The network of such Smart Receivers builds an autonomous, scalable
grid computer on the internet, allowing reference frame solutions for an
unlimited number of geodetic receivers at a high data rate.

For more information please check out the project web site, or stop
by at the splinter meeting. You can still register until next monday.

Best regards,

Henno Boomkamp