The Group on GPS Time Transfer Standards (GGTTS), part of the Comité Consultatif pour la Definition de la Seconde (CCDS) has issued guidelines for the presentation of GPS Common View data in order to provide users of common view with a detailed, uniform data format.
NRC GPS data is formatted in accordance with the specifications set by the GGTTS. Each common view file consists of a file header which provides information about the GPS equipment used, and the laboratory operating the equipment. Data is then presented for each satellite tracked in the following categories.
| Data Category | Explanation |
|---|---|
| PRN | the satellite vehicle PRN number |
| CL | the hexadecimal number that corresponds to the Common View class of the track |
| MJD | the five digit Modified Julian Date of the start of the track |
| STTIME | hour, minute, and second (in UTC) of the start of the track |
| TRKL | the track length in seconds (a full track is 780 seconds) |
| ELV | the elevation of the satellite at the midpoint of the track |
| AZTH | the azimuth of the satellite at the midpoint of the track |
| REFSV | the time difference (measured in .1 nanosecond) between the laboratory reference clock and satellite time, referred to the midpoint of the pass via a linear fit |
| SRSV | the slope determined via the linear fit to produce REFSV (measured in .1 picosecond per second) |
| REFGPS | the time difference (measured in .1 nanosecond) between the laboratory reference clock and GPS time, referred to the midpoint of the pass via a linear fit |
| SRGPS | the slope determined via the linear fit to produce REFGPS (measured in .1 picosecond per second) |
| DSG | the root mean square of the residuals of the linear fit used to produce REFGPS |
| IOE | the index of ephemeris, a three digit decimal code indicating the ephemeris used for computations |
| MDTR | the modeled tropospheric delay (measured in .1 nanosecond) referred to the midpoint of the pass via a linear fit |
| SMDT | the slope determined via the linear fit to produce MDTR (measured in .1 picosecond per second) |
| MDIO | the modeled ionospheric delay (measured in .1 nanosecond) referred to the midpoint of the pass via a linear fit |
| SMDI | the slope determined via the linear fit to produce MDIO (measured in .1 picosecond per second) |
| CK | the data line check sum in hexadecimal format, computed as the sum of the ASCII values of the preceeding 101 columns, modulo 256 |
| optional | optional data may be presented beyond the check sum column, and is not included in the CK value |