Ensuring timely and consistent data delivery by automated control procedures

Plag, H.-P., Kristiansen, O. (Norwegian Mapping Authority, Honefoss,
Norway)

Data delivery to the IGS and other GPS data centers repeatedly has 
been hampered by two problems: data not arriving at the destination
without notification reaching the originator, and inconsistency of 
data and metadata at the destination. NMA is delivering GPS data to 
several customers including EUREF and IGS. Problems in delivery and 
consistency are partly due to insufficient check and reporting 
routines at the final destination. Therefore, NMA is developing 
simple, automated procedures which test with low latency the arrival 
and consistency of NMA's data at the final destination. Problems are 
detected at an early state, and reported with dedicated e-mails to
the responsible person/group at NMA. The extent of reports as well
as the recipient(s) depend on the history of a given problem.
It could be an advantage to have these automated routines implemented
at the final destination, e.g. the IGS global data centre.