Outline

Real-time Pilot Project Overview and Status

Mark Caissy –Natural Resources Canada

presented at theInternational GNSS Service Workshop 

Miami, June 4th 2008

Outline

• What is a pilot project

• Let’s look back

• Where are we today

• Call for Participation

• Status

The Vision

• IGS data and products available in real-time via IP communication links (open internet)

• Global consistency of IGS rt-products

• A multi-disciplinary community active and engaged

A Pilot Project – What is It?

• Working groups work on topics of interest to the IGS– charter and terms of reference

• Pilot Projects– leverage the outputs from WG activities

– provide an opportunity to further refine these outputs towards developing new IGS service offerings

– first major step is to complete and release a call for participation

Towards Real-time Workshop

• RTWG Position Paper– The goal is to have in place a reliable, robust

and manageable system of data and products exchange coming from a global network of multidisciplinary real-time tracking stations.

– The objective of this session is to lay down the foundation needed to facilitate a free flowing exchange of real-time data and products among IGS members.

Hours

NRCan

AOML (NGS)

IGN

GFZ

Dunedin(GFZ)

IGS Prototype Realtime Network

HLFX

Current Network(50+ stations)

CFP- Key Objectives• Manage and maintain a global IGS real-time GNSS

tracking network

• Enhance and improve selected IGS products

• Generate real-time products

• Investigate standards and formats for real-time data collection, data dissemination and delivery of derived products

• Monitor the integrity of IGU predicted orbits and GNSS status

Call for Participation

Released in June 2007 32 proposals received – all were accepted All activities are represented

Tracking stations Network management Data centers RT-Analysis Coordinator RT-ACs and RT-ACCs Users

Status

Official start of the pilot project occurred in April 2008

Existing Activity RTACC Data exchange and product exchange formats

Website needs to be updated GDC’s will become engaged Considering common look and feel for

RTIGS/NTRIP data exchange interfaces

Recommendations

IGS – become active with RTCM SC 104

Station Operators