Delivered-To: igs-dcwg@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Message-ID: <6D9A63E05E7DD211A1AB0008C71E6F8A01E4F050@pegasus.ifag.de> From: "Habrich, Heinz" To: "IGS_DCWG (E-Mail)" Subject: [IGS-DCWG-38] Re: Any DCs accepting .gz RINEX Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:21:23 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-igs-dcwg Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS-DCWG Mail 24 Nov 13:21:49 PST 2004 Message Number 38 ****************************************************************************** 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