IGS Formats and Standards
| Format/Standard | Information |
|---|---|
| SSR v1.0 | The IGS SSR format is an open standard for dissemination of real-time products to support the IGS Real-Time Service and the wider community. The messages support multi-GNSS and include corrections for orbits, clocks, DCBs, phase-biases and ionospheric delays. Extensions to also cover satellite attitude, phase center offsets and variations and group delay variations are planned in the near future. The goal is to create a self-contained and scalable standard for a wide range of real-time applications. |
| RINEX v. 4.02 | RINEX 4.02 (2024) is an upgrade of the format document that introduces the pico-second resolution to the observations time tagging, as well as new navigation messages for NavIC L1 and GLONASS L1 and L3 CDMA. In addition, navigation messages subtypes have been introduced, to support dual ION models available for the QZSS and NavIC systems. Additional editorial changes have been introduced to improve clarity. |
| RINEX v. 4.01 | RINEX 4.01 (2022) is an upgrade of the format document that introduces new observation codes for GPS in L1 and L2 to cover the future (Block IIIF) RMP antenna navigation signal transmissions using the M code as well as it addes the L1 Observation codes for the NavIC constellation, together with other, mostly editorial, changes. |
| RINEX v. 4.00 | RINEX 4.00 (2021) is a major revision of the format document to modernize the Navigation message files to be able to accommodate the new navigation messages from all the GNSS constellations, and system data messages such as; ionospheric corrections, earth orientation parameters and system time offsets. The Observation file format remains the same with some added QZSS signals and tracking codes to fully support the upcoming L1 C/B signal. The Meteo file format also remains the same. All RINEX file types also have new optional header lines to support FAIR data usage; Finding, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable data. |
| RINEX v. 3.05 | RINEX 3.05 (2020) is a major restructure and revision of the format document to make it clearer and easier to read, it adds BeiDou signals and tracking codes to fully support BDS-2 and BDS-3, and it also adds missing flags and values to the GLONASS navigation messages. |
| RINEX v. 3.04 | The RINEX 3.04 release supports all publicly available signals from the US: GPS, Russia: GLONASS, Europe: Galileo, China: BeiDou, Japan: Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) and the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) constellations. RINEX 3.04 contains updates to support planned GLONASS CDMA signals, new BeiDou III and QZSS II signals. In addition to the new signals, the RINEX 3.04 text has been edited to improve the description of messages, fields and overall readability. |
| RINEX v. 3.03 | August 2015 release notes |
| RINEX v. 3.02 | Enhanced 3.01 to include: a new header message to specify the GLONASS code-phase bias; the existing GLONASS frequency to slot header message has been specified as mandatory and a new RINEX file naming convention |
| RINEX v. 3.01 | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou (Compass), QZSS and SBAS, however, structure of the data record has changed significantly with the addition to detailed characterization of actual signal generation |
| RINEX v. 2.11-A | *Rinex 2.11 format definition addendum authorizing and encouraging the use of gzip compression as approved by the IGS-RTCM RINEX Working Group and the IGS Infrastructure Committee |
| RINEX v. 2.11 | GPS, GLONASS and Galileo observations, meteorological data, and navigation files. Additionally, the C2, L2C/L5 and Galileo codes have also been introduced |
| RINEX v. 2.10 | GPS and GLONASS observations, meteorological data, and navigation files |
| GEO SBAS | RINEX-type Exchange File for GEO SBAS Broadcast Data |
| SINEX | station position and velocity solutions |
| Hatanaka compact RINEX | GPS and GLONASS observations |
| sp3 version d | GNSS and SBAS orbit solutions |
| sp3 version c | GPS and GLONASS orbit solutions |
| sp3 version a | GPS and GLONASS orbit solutions
(Discontinued January 2006) |
| erp | Earth rotation parameter files
(Self-documented within) |
| clock RINEX 3.04 | station and satellite clock solutions |
| clock RINEX 3.02 | station and satellite clock solutions |
| clock RINEX 3.00 | station and satellite clock solutions |
| Bias-SINEX V1.00 | GNSS code and phase biases for satellites and stations |
| IONEX V1.00 | ionospheric TEC grid products |
| Tropo SINEX v2.00 | Solution (Software/Technique) Independent Exchange (SINEX) format for TROpospheric and meteorological parameters |
| Tropo SINEX | Zenith path delay products |
| site log v2.0 | History of site installation |
| ANTEX Format Description | ANTEX: The Antenna Exchange Format, Version 1.4 |