Fabrice said:
could someone tell me where I can get RTCM data format information?
It is for my personnal interest and I would like to know how it works,
I found nothing interseting up to now.
Thanks
Ref:
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ftp/dgps/dgeninfo/rtcm104.txt
RTCM RECOMMENDED STANDARDS
FOR
DIFFERENTIAL NAVSTAR GPS SERVICE
RTCM Paper 194-93/SC 104-STD
AUTHOR
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
PREFACE (quoted by permission)
This recommended standards document has been developed by
RTCM SC-104 to replace the document entitled "RTCM Recommended
Standards for Differential Navstar GPS Service, Version 2.0" issued on
January 1, 1990. Experience has shown that the recommended data format
and message structure were generally sound, and that the 25% overhead required
for the parity coding guarantees a highly robust channel for the differential
GPS corrections.
The results of usage of the RTCM SC-104 standard have been have been
highly successful. While 8-10 meters (95%) was originally targeted for
shipboard applications, results have generally been better than 5 meters,
often achieving 1-3 meters.
These results have been obtained using the C/A code pseudorange
measurements, with varying amounts of integrated Doppler smoothing. Real-time
kinematic techniques will enable decimeter accuracy for those applications
amenable to them.
Governments have taken advantage of the SC-104 standard by prescribing it
as the format for publicly supported radiobeacon broadcasts of differential
GPS corrections. Scandinavian and North American countries have announced
plans to equip their coastal waters with these services. This medium is
highly attractive because of its inexpensiveness and accessibility.
The major revisions in Version 2.1 have been the following:
1. Update chapters 1-3, and add a section on GLONASS.
2. To allow service providers to define the meaning of the station health
field.
3. To fix some message types previously designated as tentative, and to add
new messages which support real-time kinematic applications.
4. Provide additional guidance material in Chapter 5 and Appendices I-IV.
There is additional work currently in progress to address messages to
support differential GLONASS, provide guidance for interfacing between
radiobeacon-based data links and GPSreceivers, and to provide standards
for ground-based radiobeacons differential GPS stations. Documentation
on these topics will be released as the work is completed.
EDITIONS
DOCUMENT: RTCM RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENTIAL
NAVSTAR GPS SERVICE, VERSION 2.1, RTCM PAPER 194-93/SC 104-STD
Version 2.1, dated January 25, 1994, is the current edition.
HOW TO ORDER (from RTCM memo dated January 25, 1994)
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DOCUMENT: RTCM RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENTIAL
NAVSTAR GPS SERVICE, VERSION 2.0, RTCM PAPER 134-89/SC 104-68
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1-1 thru 1-10
THE NEED FOR DIFFERENTIAL GPS SERVICE 2-1 thru 2-10
EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS 3-1 thru 3-14
RECOMMENDED DATA MESSAGE FORMAT 4-1 thru 4-48
USER EQUIPMENT INTERFACE 5-1 thru 5-4
