MG-APP: an open-source software for multi-GNSS precise point positioning and application analysis

To meet the demands of research and precise point positioning (PPP) in a multi-GNSS environment, we developed a GNSS data processing software named multi-GNSS automatic precise positioning software (MG-APP). MG-APP is an open-source software that can be run on Windows/Linux/UNIX and other operating systems. It can simultaneously process GPS/GLONASS/BDS/Galileo observations using a Kalman filter or a square root information filter (SRIF). Compared to the Kalman filter, the SRIF has better numerical stability and maintains stable convergence even with a significant round-off error. MG-APP has a comprehensive and friendly graphical user interface that conveniently allows the user to select models and set parameters. It also contains several types of tropospheric and estimation models that make it easy to analyze the impact of different models and parameters on PPP data processing. After the data processing finishes, zenith tropospheric delays, receiver clock offsets, satellite ambiguity parameters, observation residuals, and other results will be saved into files. Users can further analyze the solution results and construct graphs easily.

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