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PRACTICE I

TOPCON TOOLS POST-PROCESSING

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Organization in a job will guarantee its success, which is why it is necessary to be

careful with file names, folders, reports, observations, etc.

Each job must have a folder, to be named after the contractor, client or
any other definitive identification. Within this folder there will be multiple folders,
each referring to a part of the project, for example Station, Level, Reports, GNSS etc.

The GNSS folder will contain a folder with the raw data, post-processing, conversion (if it is
necessary), reports, checkpoint certification and any other relevant information
to the project.

CREATE AND CONFIGURE PROJECT

The work will be done with version 7.5 and the EGM 2008 geoid installed.

Go to Start - All Programs - Topcon - Topcon Tools

When the software starts, it will request the key, as the program allows us to post-process in
demo mode 5 points in static with all satellites of any carrier and constellation
It is a good tool for performing differential post-processing.

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In the folder called POST-PROCESSING, all files from the post-process will be stored.

In the initial dialog box, click on New Job (Figure 1).

Figure 1

2. In the Create New Job dialog box, fill in the information - job name
work, route, created by, comments and click on Edit Configuration. (Figure 2)

Figure 2

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3. You can set up the job and save the configuration:

DISPLAY -(Figure 3 - Figure 4)

Figure 3

If you want to view the local time in the observations

Figure 4

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COORDINATE SYSTEMS (Figure 5) – it is the most important configuration interface, since in

She defines the parameters of Datum, geoid, and post-processing projection system, already
that the software does not yet include the projection system parameters, it is necessary to create it.

For this, click on Custom - Add and finally in the pop-up dialog enter the
parameters corresponding to the projection of Gauss Kruger planes.

Remember that the projection of two-dimensional cartesian coordinates cannot be worked on this
type of software since it is not possible to enter a height into the projection plan. For the
that must be post-processed in geographic terms and then carry out the respective conversion.

Figure 5

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After selecting the Geoid, it is necessary to define how the post-processing will be carried out, of which
there are 5 options:

• Data-Lat-Lon-Ell H– post-process in Curvilinears and ellipsoidal height - in the Datum

user-defined, if the Datum were different from WGS-84 however in this
case as it is the same, will give the same result as the following option.

• WGS84-Lat-Lon-EllH - post-process in Curvilinear and ellipsoidal height

• Date-Lat-Lon--Elevation- post-process in Curvilinear and height above sea level, that would be the case
post-processing in a Horizontal Datum

• WGS84 X,Y,Z - postprocess into Three-Dimensional Cartesian coordinates.

• GRID - post-process in projected coordinates and height above sea level.

Figure 6

Save the settings for future jobs.

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IMPORT RAW FILES

4. To import the files, click on the job menu - import and search for the GNSS folder -
CRUDOS, from each project. Figure 7

Figure 7

5. Select the files to import and click on open. Figure 8

The tps file extension corresponds to Topcon brand equipment, if you wish to import.
receiver files from other brands need to be in RINEX format

Figure 8

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If a standard for post-processing the information is defined, errors are reduced.

a. Fill in the antenna data
b. Define checkpoint
c. Enter control point coordinates
d. Process
e. Adjust
f. Create report

The first step is to fill in the antenna information and field information in the
GPS Tab Occupations - as it is Point name, type of antenna (Model) -
altura – Tipo de medida

Figure 9

7. The second step is to fill in the checkpoint information in the Points tab.
Figure 10, for this you must right-click on the base point -Propertiesy are there
desplegará un cuadro de diálogo en el cual ingresara las coordenadas para el post-
differential process and the characteristics of the control point - Figure 11.

• None - if it is not a checkpoint

• Both – If it is a horizontal and vertical checkpoint
• Vertical - Vertical control point only
• Horizontal - Checkpoint only horizontal

Figure 10

Figure 11

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8. In the Coordinates tab, enter the coordinate values for the current epoch.
Figure 12.

Refer to the VELOCITIES section - page 18 of this guide

Figure 12

You must take into account how the job configuration was determined, thus
You must enter the correct information, Ellipsoidal Height or Geometric Height

9. It is important to check that the coordinates of the control point positioned at

StandAlone mode for the receiver differs by only a few decimals from the
seconds since it should be remembered that 1" is 30 meters. If you find a difference
significant surely that is not the control point, however at the height not
It has solved the problem, so it is a value in which a lot can be allowed.
error range.

10. To process, press F7 - if no errors appear, proceed to make the adjustment.

pressing F8 - if the quality restrictions are met, the following will be displayed
window. Figure 13

Figure 13

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In case it does not fit, the following window will be displayed - figure 14

Figure 14

To try to fix this, you can filter information from some satellites that may cause you

errors. You must click on the time view Figure 15

Figure 15

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To enable or disable signals transmitted by some satellites, you must click on the + with
the end of visualizing the signals transmitted by satellites over time - Figure 16

Figure 17

If you want to disable a time interval, you must highlight the information to
filter right-click and select Disable – Figure 18

Figure 18

11. You must repeat the process - press F7 - if no errors appear, proceed to
Make the adjustment by pressing F8 - if the quality constraints are met, it will be displayed
the next window.

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GENERATE REPORT

In the REPORT menu, click on the option 'Report Configuration F9' Figure 19

Default reports

create a new report - delete - copy or execute.

Information on
the report

File extension

Figure 19

A report generally should have the following characteristics:

Figure 20

• Resumen del Ajuste:Tipo de Ajuste – Nivel de Confianza – Número de

Puntos Ajustados – Número de Puntos de Control – Número de Vectores
Used GPS.

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• GPS Observations

Figure 21

• GPS Observation Details

Figure 22

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• Control Points: With the characteristics contained in figure 18.

Figure 23
• Adjusted Points

Figure 24

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CALCULATION OF SPEEDS

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Excerpt taken from the document 'GPS INFORMATION PROCESSING CONSIDERING

THE VARIATION OF COORDINATES OVER TIME (VELOCITIES) DUE TO EFFECTS
GEODYNAMICS

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12. It must have a certification issued by the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute.
IGAC, in which the coordinates referred to at the reference time are found.
1995.4 and their respective speeds in order to bring them to the time of observation.
For this, you must apply the procedure explained previously in class.

For example

13. or you can do it with the MAGNA-SIRGAS V(2) software by entering the epochs of
reference and current and their speeds in the Calculate Speeds module (Figure 25) -
These coordinates are the ones you must enter in the post-processing with Topcon Tools.

Figure 25

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14. After performing the respective post-processing, you must calculate the velocities of the
points positioned with a velocity model which you can download from the
SIRGAS page (Figure 27[Link] or calculate in the
MAGNA-SIRGAS V3 in the speed calculation module (Figure 26)

Figure 26

• When the SIRGAS- Vemos 2009 speed model is downloaded, it must

unzip it into a folder, which will contain the following files:

• You must modify the file TEST_IN.TXT with the points to calculate the speeds, in
degree decimals.

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• After clicking on the executable file, enter the name of the input file and that of
exit.

• Open the file TEST_OUT.TXT and there you will find the speeds to go back.
coordinates to the reference epoch.

It should return the coordinates in the same way as in step 13.

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