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How to log in to M3G

  • Logging in to the M3G portal allows you to upload/update metadata of your stations, agencies, networks etc. To do so, you need a Login ID and a password.

Where to find your Login ID

  • If you belong to an agency maintaining EPN or EPN densification stations metadata (the so-called Operational Centre), you can find the Login ID in the email sent to your agency by M3G.
  • If your agency is maintaining metadata of EPOS stations, you will find the Login ID in email sent by M3G to your agency, provided that the station owner has filled in the EPOS-GNSS data supplier letter and sent it to M3G.
  • If you cannot find the email, you can find your agency Login ID online, in M3G "Agencies", under the column "Unique agency ID". If your agency is not in the list, contact the M3G team.

What to do if you forgot your password

  1. Go to https://gnss-metadata.eu/site/login
  2. Type in your Login ID and then click on "Reset Password"
  3. All contacts designated by your agency will get an email with a link to reset the password.
  4. Click on the link and chose a new password.
(If you did not receive the link via email (first check your spam filter), you are not listed in M3G as one of the agency contacts. You can ask one of your colleagues included in your agency contacts to reset the password, log in to M3G, and add you to the list of agency contacts.)

Quick start
1. Login

  1. Go to https://gnss-metadata.eu/site/login
  2. Log in to M3G using your Login ID and password.

2. Provide information on your agency and third-party agencies

First, provide the information regarding your agency: go to the agency-specific tab (top right in the menu) and click on “My agency”.
Then:

  • Fill in the information in all mandatory fields (marked with *)
  • Enter all contact persons present in your site logs
  • (optional, but recommended) Add a public central contact email, which does not contain any personal information
If any other agency is involved in the operation of the stations managed by your agency: go to the agency-specific tab (top right in the menu) and click on “Third-party agencies” and follow the steps above, as you did for the information regarding your agency.

3. Provide information on networks (optional)

  1. Go to the agency-specific tab (top right in the menu) and click on “Managed networks"
  2. Use to create a new local or national network if the network is not in the list. Make sure you do not try to set up a network that is already defined in M3G. In the main menu, “Networks” lists all networks already set up in M3G. Each network must have a unique abbreviation.

4. Set up/add a new station

  1. Go to the agency-specific tab (top right in the menu) and click on ”New station”
  2. Follow the on-line help
  3. Click on “Third-party station”, if your station is owned by another agency (included as third-party agency in the agency-specific menu “Third-party agencies”)
  4. Propose your station to at least one international network (EPN, EPN densification, or EPOS)

5. Edit the site log of an existing station

  1. Click on "Update” in the agency-specific tab (top right in the menu)
  2. Click on the icon from the data base” in the “Export/import information” column
    (If the station is not in the list, follow the steps in 4. Set up/add a new station
  3. Validate, iterate if necessary and save.

6. Upload a site log of an existing station

  1. Go to the agency-specific tab (top right in the menu) and click on “Update”
  2. Click on the icon in the “Export/import information” column to upload the site log from your local disk
  3. Validate, iterate if necessary and save.
Note that:
  • After submitting the site log, all contact persons (except if central public emails are used) mentioned in the site log will receive an email with subject “[M3G][REQUEST] Publication of your personal data”. As soon as the person has replied to this email (by clicking on one of the links inside the email), he/she will stop receiving this kind of emails.
  • M3G also has a feature that enables you to save a site log as draft.

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