Technical Description

• General
• Support of Linux, Mac? and MS-Windows Operating Systems with the same source code
• Perl supported as cross-platform scripting language
• Use of Fortran 2003 (object oriented programming, dynamic memory allocation, automatic deallocation)
• Platform independent graphical user interface (GUI) written in C++ using the Qt library
• "Remote mode" for the GUI in case of slow data connections
• Convenient directory structure in program-, user- and data area
• User friendly installation script on Unix/Linux and Mac, setup wizard on Windows
• Uses the make tool to compile the Fortran source code
• Executables and libraries from different compilers may be kept in parallel
• Results from several compilers on a set of Linux distributions and Windows systems have been compared and checked for equivalent results
  The Compiler Support provides detailed information.
• Automation (BPE)
  • Powerful Bernese Processing Engine (BPE) using TCP/IP communication between client and server
  • Perl written client
  • Perl scripting language supported
  • Easy to use multi-session processing and multi-year reprocessing
  • BPE tools (Perl modules) for easy implementation of new scripts
  • Non-linear execution of processing steps within a BPE
  • Perl module for an automated start of BPEs
  • Flexible suspension of PCFs to optimize the usage of computer resources
  • Ready-to-use examples for multi GNSS processing for daily or hourly processing scheme
  • Numerous options in the processing programs to support a fully automated processing (e.g., detection of misbehaving stations/satellites, verification of datum stations and many others)
• Data input/output
  • RINEX 2.x, RINEX 3.x and RINEX 4.x
  • RINEX 2.20 import including LEO-updates
  • SINEX
  • Troposphere SINEX including gradients and slant delays (versions 0.01 and 2.0)
  • IONEX
  • Clock RINEX (versions 2 and 3.04)
  • Bias SINEX
  • SP3c and SP3d
  • IERS EOP
  • ANTEX version 1.4
  • Vienna grid files with VMF-coefficients
  • SLR Quick look (QL) and Consolidated Laser Ranging Data (CRD) Format