autorino

autorino is a tool for Assisted Unloading, Treatment & Organisation of RINex Observations 🛰️ 🌐 🦏

Version: 2.4.3
Date: 2026-10-03

Main developper: Pierre Sakic (IPGP-OVS, Paris, France)
Contact e-mail: sakic@ipgp.fr

Documentation: https://ipgp.github.io/autorino

GitHub repository: https://github.com/IPGP/autorino

Licence: GNU GPL v3 (see attached license file)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19000388

Introduction

The autorino package (for Assisted Unloading, Treatment & Organisation of RINex Observations) is designed for automated download and conversion of GNSS raw data from the main manufacturers’ receivers (Leica, Septentrio, Topcon, Trimble, and BINEX) based on their respective official conversion utilities. A special focus is put on conversion to RINEX3/4 and near real-time capability (download frequency up to 5 min).

autorino aims to perfom the four following tasks:

1. Download GNSS raw data from remote GNSS receivers
2. Conversion of GNSS raw data to RINEX3/4 format using official conversion utilities from the main GNSS manufacturers.
3. Handle RINEX files (e.g., merging, splitting, splicing, etc.) using dedicated utilities.
4. Metadata edition of RINEX files (e.g., modifying header metadata, renaming filenames, editing comments, etc.) based on autorino's spinoff tool rinexmod.

Installation

See the following link:
https://ipgp.github.io/autorino/installation.html

Documentation

See the following link:
https://ipgp.github.io/autorino/

References

If you find autorino useful for your research, please consider citing the following reference:

• Sakic, P., Boissier, P., Saurel, J.-M., Deroussi, S., Andrieu, A., Griot, C., Bosson, A., Vidal, C., Pardo, C., de Chabalier, J.-B., and OVPF, OVSG & OVSM Teams: Modernizing GNSS data acquisition, pre-processing, and distribution at volcanological observatories, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 15, 89–106, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-15-89-2026, 2026.
• Sakic, P., Boissier, P., Saurel, J.-M., Griot, C., Pacaud, D., Boulvais-Abbas, L. (2026). rinexmod & autorino: Two Tools to Enable Multi-GNSS and Near Real-Time Data Acquisition and Pre-processing. In: International Association of Geodesy Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2026_327

Authors & Contributors

• Pierre Sakic (IPGP-OVS, Paris, France)
• Patrice Boissier (OVPF-IPGP, La Réunion, France)
• Jean-Marie Saurel (IPGP-OVS, Paris, France)
• Diane Pacaud (OVPF-IPGP, La Réunion, France)

The ideal case would be if the receiver manufacturers themselves developed the necessary software to translate the raw data of their receivers into RINEX because probably nobody else knows their receiver better

Werner Gurtner (AIUB) & Gerald M. Mader (NGS), The RINEX Format: Current Status, Future Developments, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Precise Positioning with the Global Positioning System, Ottawa, 1990.