Development of Internet Based GPS Data Processing Service

As GPS equipments improve, one can acquire GPS data easily in the field. However, to obtain precise and accurate coordinates, post processing is additionally required and the processing needs high degree of skills. Besides, it is very common that we can't operate processing software in the field because required system environment is usually not prepared. The aim of this study is the development of internet-based GPS data processing service. For post processing, we use GIPSY developed by JPL. It has many advantages such as precise point positioning, which enables a rapid determination of receiver positions. The developed service in this study proceeds as following orders by interlocking GIPSY and internet service on a Linux platform: Users upload raw data files on the internet, then GIPSY runs automatically and then the user get the result in the field. We use an Apache Web Server as a hosting program and PHP is used in coding web pages.