Florian LohoffApr 29, 2025

If you read the #RINEX file format spec for GPS/GNSS vendor independent storage of data you know exactly with #xml was invented.

WTF?

GNSS researchDec 4, 2024

The #GNSS community has been using #RINEX as the standard format to exchange GNSS measurements

But this text format is slow to load, which is a problem for #AI applications that need to process huge data volumes

The post below proposes using #Apache #parquet as as a much faster alternative

https://mgfernan.com/posts/parquet_format_for_gnss_measurements/

Using Apache parquet to store and process GNSS measurements – mgfernan

Leverage Apache parquet to store and exchange GNSS measurement, usually stored in RINEX (text-based) format. This format can be quickly loaded in data structures such as pandas DataFrame for efficient data manipulation and processing.

OblikvoNov 19, 2022
Hi, I'm Lars. New here on Fosstodon - fled the Elonalypse. Enthusiastic about coffee, cuddles, coding, space exploration and world peace. Done a lot of #Java and now learning #Rust . Working with #GNSS data - #RINEX and #NTRIP.