Esri GPS Base Station Joins National Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Network
May 9, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, ESRI, Geomatics, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Members, News, Surveying Software, Trimble
Real-Time, Precise Data Will Serve Professionals in the Redlands Community
The Esri GPS base station, GISA, is mounted to a building in Redlands, California.
Redlands, California—Esri recently installed a GPS base station to assist its GIS developers and to support surveyors, engineers, scientists, and those in public works and public safety in the community surrounding the Esri campus in Redlands, California. The base station, named GISA, has been accepted by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) and incorporated into the national Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network.
“GPS, originally designed as a US Department of Defense system, has become part of everyday life, with the technology in all types of devices from smartphones to shipping containers,” said Brent Jones, Esri surveying and engineering industry manager. “The Esri GPS base station is a great benefit to the community, as professionals can use it in surveying and positioning to achieve accurate locations in real time.”
Yesterday, I was using the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) Online Positioning User Service (OPUS), where there was a bright green notice at the top of the OPUS page that said, “OPUS will feature a new look-and-feel on or about 03/01/2011″.
by EricColburn
Office Of Space Commercialization – Satellite Navigation
November 5, 2008 in Associate Membership, GPS, Land Surveying, Links
Check out the following information from the Office of Space Commercialization, on it’s Satellite Navigation page. There are a lot of good links and information about satellite GPS navigation.
The use of satellites for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) has grown dramatically since the U.S. Government authorized civilian access to the Global Positioning System (GPS) in 1983. Thanks to the long-standing U.S. policy of making GPS freely available to the entire world, as well as a track record of highly dependable service, GPS has evolved from a neat gadget into a ubiquitous technology that is now fundamental to the global information infrastructure.
Today, GPS technology is in everything from cars and airplanes to Read the rest of this entry →
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