Load gnss_lib_py into the Python workspace

[1]:
import gnss_lib_py as glp

SP3 File Parsing

This tutorial shows how to load SP3 files.

[2]:
# download an example .sp3 data file
glp.make_dir("../data")
!wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stanford-NavLab/gnss_lib_py/main/data/unit_test/sp3/COD0MGXFIN_20211180000_01D_05M_ORB.SP3 --quiet -nc -O "../data/COD0MGXFIN_20211180000_01D_05M_ORB.SP3"
# Specify .sp3 file path to extract precise ephemerides
sp3_path = "../data/COD0MGXFIN_20211180000_01D_05M_ORB.SP3"

Use the SP3 class loader to load in the SP3 file. The class can also optionally take multiple files as a list.

[3]:
sp3 = glp.Sp3(sp3_path)
sp3
[3]:
        gps_millis gnss_sv_id gnss_id  sv_id        x_sv_m        y_sv_m  \
0     1.303668e+12        G01     gps      1  1.328768e+07 -1.549193e+07
1     1.303668e+12        G02     gps      2 -1.344951e+07 -9.668544e+06
2     1.303668e+12        G03     gps      3  2.258999e+07 -1.299617e+07
3     1.303668e+12        G04     gps      4  1.514119e+07 -6.442989e+06
4     1.303668e+12        G05     gps      5 -2.431371e+07  2.825648e+06
...            ...        ...     ...    ...           ...           ...
8463  1.303690e+12        C45  beidou     45 -2.192827e+07  1.712494e+06
8464  1.303690e+12        C46  beidou     46 -1.358145e+07 -1.945488e+07
8465  1.303690e+12        J01    qzss      1 -2.258361e+07  3.028899e+07
8466  1.303690e+12        J02    qzss      2 -2.462862e+07  2.266367e+07
8467  1.303690e+12        J03    qzss      3 -3.561799e+07  2.180851e+07

            z_sv_m
0     1.654569e+07
1    -2.010071e+07
2    -4.880224e+06
3    -2.085329e+07
4    -1.069378e+07
...            ...
8463  1.718806e+07
8464 -1.471351e+07
8465 -1.412461e+07
8466  3.050454e+07
8467 -1.175909e+06

[7 rows x 8468 columns]

To visualize the results, we’ll plot the ECEF x position of the first 10 GPS satellites.

[4]:
sp3_first_ten_gps = sp3.where("gnss_id","gps").where("sv_id",10,"leq")
fig = glp.plot_metric_by_constellation(sp3_first_ten_gps,"gps_millis","x_sv_m")
../../_images/tutorials_parsers_tutorials_sp3_notebook_8_0.png