[IGSMAIL-8365] Re: RINEX 4.00 End of Transition Phase - Going into operation on July 19, 2023

[Léo Martire]

Dear Colleagues,


We are happy to inform you that the new RINEX format, version 4.01,
has been officially released on the IGS webpage:
https://files.igs.org/pub/data/format/rinex_4.01.pdf.

The main changes with respect to the previous version (4.00) are:
- Addition of New GPS L1 & L2 Observation Code for RMP antenna (code
names are now reserved).
- New NavIC L1 Observation Code (signal already transmitted by the
ISRO NVS-01 satellite launched at the end of May this year).


Kind regards,
Cheers,

Léo Martire, on behalf of the IGS’ Infrastructure Committee and RINEX
Working Group.


Léo Martire, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
International GNSS Service Central Bureau

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From: IGSMail <igsmail-bounces at lists.igs.org> on behalf of Markus
Bradke <bradke at gfz-potsdam.de>
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 05:10
To: <igsmail at lists.igs.org>
Subject: [IGSMAIL-8349] RINEX 4.00 End of Transition Phase - Going
into operation on July 19, 2023



Dear GNSS community,

RINEX 4.00 has been approved in the IGS/RTCM RINEX Working Group as
the necessary next step for maintaining the suitability of the RINEX
format to store GNSS data and measurements. The new format was
officially accepted by the IGS Governing Board on Dec 7, 2021.

The IGS Infrastructure Committee carefully considered the impact these
changes may have on the users’ end, including:

Breaking but minor change for many software packages handling
observation and meteorological files due to version change.
Breaking change for many software packages for navigation files due to
format change.

As announced in [IGSMAIL-8207] RINEX 4.00 transition and trial period,
the Infrastructure Committee implemented a RINEX 4.00 transition phase
and subsequently started a trial phase in 2022:

DLR has provided a merged BRDC summary navigation file (BRD00DLR), as
of  January 2022.
GFZ and DLR provide station-wise observation, navigation, and
meteorological files available at CDDIS and BKG in their respective
campaign directories, as of May 2022.

>From July 19, 2023 onwards, station-wise RINEX 4.00 data files can be
found in the operational archives.

>From this date onwards, only one of the two versions (RINEX 3.xx or
RINEX 4.00) is allowed to be uploaded.

Station operators are encouraged to switch to the new format version
as soon as possible.

Station operators are required to send a notice to the IGS mailing
list (IGSMAIL) before they switch.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Central
Bureau (cb at igs.org).

On behalf of the IGS Infrastructure Committee,

Markus Bradke

M.Eng. Markus Bradke



IGS Infrastructure Committee Coordinator

Section 1.1 Space Geodetic Techniques
Phone: +49 (0)331/6264-1182
Email: markus.bradke at gfz-potsdam.de

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Foundation under public law of the federal state of Brandenburg
Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam



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