Department of Geology and Planetary Science Collaborates on First NGS CORS Base Station in Pennsylvania with Multi-Constellation Satellite Recording Capability

Department of Geology and Planetary Science Collaborates on First NGS CORS Base Station in Pennsylvania with Multi-Constellation Satellite Recording Capability

The Department of Geology and Planetary Science, in collaboration with the Photogrammetry and Survey division of PennDOT and the National Geodetic Survey, is the first in the state to upgrade their GPS CORS reference station, known as PAAP to record multiple satellite positioning systems. This enhancement provides the capability to record both the U.S. and Russian GPS satellites continuously, which are then immediately transferred to several reference location networks at the regional, national, and international scale. The data is vitally important because it is used for almost all high precision land surveying.

 

The GPS CORS reference station also helps maintain and improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), which provides the foundation for transportation and communications; mapping and charting; and a multitude of scientific and engineering applications. The reference station also keeps the measurements consistent with the International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS), a world spatial reference system co-rotating with the Earth in its diurnal motion in space.

 

More information can be found at www.ngs.noaa.gov.