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FORMAT RINEX [2 records]

Record 1 1997-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
OBS

Source: Centre national d'études spatiales.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Format d’échange des données, du système GPS ( global positionning system), qui rend ces données indépendantes du type de récepteur.

OBS

Source: Centre national d’études spatiales.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A set of standard definitions and formats to promote the free exchange of GPS data and facilitate the use of data from any GPS receiver with any software package.

OBS

The format includes definitions for three fundamental GPS observables: time, phase, and range. A complete description of the RINEX format is found in the Commission VIII International Coordination of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics "GPS BULLETIN", May-June, 1989.

OBS

Term and definition provided by the Canadian Hydrographic Service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Télédétection
DEF

Ensemble de définitions et de formats normalisés favorisant le libre échange de données GPS et facilitant l’utilisation de données provenant de n’importe quel récepteur GPS avec n’importe quel progiciel.

OBS

Le format englobe des définitions pour trois des valeurs fondamentales observables au moyen du GPS : le temps, la phase et la distance. Une description complète du format RINEX est fournie dans le «GPS Bulletin», mai-juin 1989, de la Commission VIII International Coordination of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics.

Spanish

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