Merge RINEX file

[tobias-dahms]

Hi,

I had some problems with my Reach receiver which was hanging or restarting all the time during a survey. The result are many small RINEX files.

Can I merge them in to one by copying the content without the header into one file?

Do and how will I have to modify the header or does that not mather if I post process every single point separately (with y script and rnx2rtkp.exe)?

[wizprod (Christian Grüner)]

Are you using RTKpost?

[tobias-dahms]

No/Yes, I’m using the command line version which I call from a custom script for every single survey point.
So the script reads the survey points from the csv file (exported from Reach) and then calculates a static solution for each point. That saves a lot of work (that is why I would like to merge the RINEX files) and the result is very nice as I tested some days ago where I revisted points which I did put there two weeks earlier (some illustrating pictures below).

Finding points after a machinery crossing (survey pole has been moved):

[tatiana.andreeva]

Hi @tobias-dahms,

Do you have UBX files? You can try converting several UBX logs to one RINEX log in RTKConv, just link to all of them in the field for input data. For it, you should specify the path in such a way: C:\...\rover\raw*.UBX.

You also can choose several files in RTKPost base and rover fields, it allows processing all RINEX logs at a time.

[tobias-dahms]

Great, I didn’t know that, thank you @tatiana.andreeva!

[pvargues]

Hi there tobias. Where can i find the AESA TOOLBOX? Thank you very much

[tobias-dahms]

Hi @pvargues,

its my own Python script, you can’t find it. Its still work in progress.
You can find parts of it here:

Timemark time machine: a script to manipulate events within RINEX 3.xx files

Hi, based on the idea of @wsurvey I have written a small Python script to add an offset to the events/timemarks within the RINEX 3.xx files. If you are using a system which does not produce a timemark at the exact time the image was taken (e.g. when using Phantom 4 leds and a photoresistor) you can use this software to correct the offset. It is primitive but functional. It also corrects the position of timemarks, can sort manually added timemarks into the correct position and deletes non valid …

and you can find a similar tool which uses another approach here:

PPK point extractor software

Hi, guys! I have something sweet for you. I started to work on a software, that will help us all to deal with PPK process. Everyone, who is doing PPK with Emlid knows, that it is pain to export points from POS files. When you have over 100 points, you feel like a zombie, while using Time Interval function in RTKLib. I have a more comfortable solution for you. First of all, for those, who are not familiar with the problem. When you are surveying something with Survey tool and planning to do PPK…

If you are interested to use my script I would expect you to donate to the Against Malaria Foundation to share the benefit you get from it. I don’t know if you are willing to do so and still interested under that conditions, especially since it will be always a work in progress.

[pvargues]

Thank you very Much. I Will have a look on it…

[pvargues]

One more question. This script is only capable to do time offsets right? I Saw a screenshot of it showing other capabilities lime geotag photos and so on… Os there any chance to buy it ir something lime that?! Thanx

[tobias-dahms]

What are the functionalities you need to have? I’m working on

1. Geotagging/Metashape input file with image names
2. Leverarm correction
3. UTM/orthometric height conversion
4. Survey points calculation
5. File download
6. …

I’m doing that with slow speed because I do it in my spare time and I’m willing to share if you honor the work by donating to the Against Malaria Foundation. Why? Because I try to focus my impulses to help others on people who really need it.

The why and how of effective altruism

[pvargues]

Hi again.
basically needed the tool to apply the time offsets, leverarm correction and geotag of the photos. how can you calculate the delay between the flashing of the light on the phantom 4 pro and the actual moment of each photo? Does the blinking of the light happen before or after the moment of the picture? Thank you.

[tiedtke (Thiago - T2R Tech)]

Hi,

You can merge rinex files using Teqc:

TEQC — Tutorial | Software | UNAVCO

I do it using:

teqc rnx1.obs rnx2.obs rnxN.obs > rnx.obs

The same works for .nav e .gnav files

Best regards

Thiago Tiedtke dos Reis

[tobias-dahms]

@pvargues

how can you calculate the delay between the flashing of the light on the phantom 4 pro and the actual moment of each photo? Does the blinking of the light happen before or after the moment of the picture? Thank you.

Hi @pvargues,
I do not work with a Phantom but with custom build uavs. @wsurvey has extensive experience with the topic, maybe he can share his experience or probably you can find this information online? I also guess that the exact figure is connected to the kind of foto resistor etc. you are using.

I’m only at the beginning with the lever arm correction, so I can correct relative to the gps flight path but I have not integrated any vehicle tild etc. yet. What kind of leverarm correction do you need?

Do you need to have a file with image names and coordinates or do you need to have the coordinates written to the exif data of the images?

[wsurvey]

@pvargues

how can you calculate the delay between the flashing of the light on the phantom 4 pro and the actual moment of each photo?

here’s an easy project. hook up the emlid reach m+ and whatever detector you use, to the phantom. point it at a screen that is supposed to be showing a synchronised UTC time and take many pictures of it. compare each displayed time in photo to time recorded by reach m+ for each photo, and calculate average offset. This should get you a reasonable starting value.

[tobias-dahms]

@wsurvey

screen that is supposed to be showing a synchronised UTC time

Thanks for the explanation. I wonder how to realize that and which resolution can be achieved on a screen, 50 ms? How did you do that, how did you get the UTC displayed?

[wsurvey]

@tobias-dahms

Thanks for the explanation. I wonder how to realize that and which resolution can be achieved on a screen, 50 ms? How did you do that, how did you get the UTC displayed?

there are several apps that will display a time synchronised via NTP for download on app store.

in order to get some idea of resolution i videoed the screen at 120fps and figured out how often it refreshed. so then i could get an idea of the time offset and potential error. i suppose the part i couldn’t know is did the display frame get compiled and sent so time was correct in the middle of static display, or whether correct time was gathered, sent to screen and aged immediately. Anyhow, i think the delay i came up with when i did it was within 50ms or so of the time i’ve determined more recently with a different method.

if the boss buys me a P4 RTK i will still hook it up to the reach m+ and then i’ll know for sure, assuming the P4 RTK uses the same LED driving setup.

[tobias-dahms]

@wsurvey

if the boss buys me a P4 RTK

You should go for a custom build with a Ricoh GRIII. Far more possibilities for less money - as soon as Emlid releases a dual frequency receiver.