Subject: [IGS-RTWG-19] skeleton file update and clarification of sources [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:02:09 +1000

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IGS-RTWG Mail      17 Sep 09:19:54 PDT 2009      Message Number 19
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Author: Michael Moore

The 'skeleton' files for all the stations available from the Geoscience Australia NTRIP Caster ( http://192.104.43.25:2101/ ) have been updated, and can be downloaded from:

ftp://ftp.ga.gov.au/geodesy-outgoing/igs/skel/

Please note from November 10th these files will be re-located to:

ftp://ftp.ga.gov.au/geodesy/gnss/skel/  (see IGSMAIL-6003 for more details on the new ftp structure)

Following discussions on the Infrastructure Committee mailing list we have also released the station logs for all stations available form the Geoscience NTRIP Caster, which are
downloadable from:

ftp://ftp.ga.gov.au/geodesy-outgoing/igs/station_logs/

Please note from November 10th these files will also be relocated to:

ftp://ftp.ga.gov.au/geodesy/gnss/logs/

To clarify the 'status' of each site available from the Geoscience Australia NTRIP Caster, the following sites belong to the Australia Regional GNSS Network (ARGN):

ALIC
BNDY
BUR2
CAS1
CEDU
COCO
DARM
DARW
DAV1
HIL1
HOB2
JAB2
KARR
LORD
MAC1
MOBS
NORF
RHPT
STR1
STR2
SYDN
TID1
TOW2
XMIS
YAR2
YAR3

The stations belonging to the AuScope Network have been built and operate to the same specifications required for IGS operations. The following stations belong to the AuScope
Network:

ALBY
BBOO
BDLE
BEEC
BURA
ESPA
HYDN
KALG
KELN
KUNU
LIAW
LORA
NORS
PTLD
SA45
SPBY
YEEL
YELO

We intend to keep the real-time streams obtained from the ARGN network freely available for scientific use. Those stations which belong to the AuScope network will be freely
available for scientific use until the end of 2009. We hope to be able to keep these streams available for free for scientific purposes, but cannot guarantee their availability
until after data agreements have been finalised. The AuScope stations list will be growing significantly over the next two years, please refer to the source table on the NTRIP
Caster as to which network the stations belong to.

Regards,

Michael Moore