Ashtech Geodetic Base Station Software allows near-real-time data collection.

Thales Navigation, a leading global provider of GPS solutions including the Magellan and Ashtech product lines, released version 3.2.00 of the Ashtech Geodetic Base Station Software (GBSS). Originally developed for managing a continuously operating GPS reference station, the new release ensures significantly more flexible and productive base station administration.

The latest version of GBSS includes several new features designed to meet the demanding needs of base station operators. In response to customer demand, the new software supports the NGS CORS file-naming convention. It will also automatically create sessions shorter than one hour, and will use the 10-character RINEX 2.2 convention for naming these files. Users can maintain their standard file system for data collection, rather than investing in streaming data systems, and still realize the benefits of nearly continuous data collection.