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A method for characterization of data measurements made on signals received from a plurality of SATPS satellites that facilitates post-processing of these data to determine pseudoranges, code phases, carrier phases, pseudorange rate corrections, carrier phase corrections, spatial location, velocity and time coordinates and other variables of interest for an SATPS user. The SATS may be any satellite-based location determination system, such as GPS or GLONASS. The approach uses six indices h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 and h6, with the first index h1 including the total solution coordinates (t.sub.n,x.sub.n,y.sub.n,z.sub.n) for the location fix time t=t.sub.n at which measurements are made, and the spatial location and velocity coordinates. The second and third indices h2 and h3 specify the in-view satellite constellation that provided the SATPS signals and the IODC parameter. The fourth index h4 represents the specific parameter set used to model the ephemeris, almanac and clock correction parameters needed for the M satellites for a given coordinate fix. The fifth index h5 represents the parameter set used to model signal propagation delay through the ionosphere and troposphere. The sixth index h6 represents the location solution method and method parameters used to determine the spatial location, location fix time, clock bias and/or velocity coordinates for each coordinate fix. For each time stamp value in the index h1, information specified by the six indices may be used to reconstruct the information needed to determine pseudoranges, pseudorange rates, carrier phase signals, corrections to these variables, and other quantities of interest in an SATPS. The information specified by the six indices may a minimal set in which information specified by one index is not also specified by another index. Another method uses selected portions of the information specified by the collective indices h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 and h6, using a collective index H that may be divided into index segments.

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