Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: CORS

  • Esri GPS Base Station Joins National Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Network

    Esri GPS Base Station Joins National Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Network

    Real-Time, Precise Data Will Serve Professionals in the Redlands Community 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…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 9, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup October 9, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Source Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09 Knowing Your Numbers-Project Metrics for Your Land Surveying Company LightSquared CEO on The Communicators Senator Chuck Grassley Continues to Pursue Information on LightSquared, Agency Interaction Elgin & Knowles-The U.S. Public Land Survey System (PLSS) for Arkansas Reference Book and Manual New…

  • National Geodetic Survey (NGS) New CORS Coordinates and Absolute Antenna Calibration Pages

    National Geodetic Survey (NGS) New CORS Coordinates and Absolute Antenna Calibration Pages

    National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Releases New CORS Coordinates and Absolute Antenna Calibration Pages NAD83(2011,MA11,PA11) epoch 2010.00 Coordinates On September 6, 2011, NGS updated the National Spatial Reference System NAD 83 (CORS96, MARP00, PACP00) positions and velocities for all CORS sites, to NAD 83 (2011, MA11, PA11). The NAD 83 (2011) frame, which is relative to the…

  • OPUS Soon To Have A New Look

    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”. In researching this impending change to the look of OPUS, I found the following notice on…

  • Study: Economic Value of NOAA’s Geodetic Services at $2.4 Billion

    Proposed Modernization Program to Net Additional $522 Million The NOAA-managed National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), the official U.S. government source for precise latitude, longitude and elevation measurements, provides more than $2.4 billion in potential annual benefits to the U.S. economy, according to a new independent study. Refining and modernizing the system for measuring elevation has…

  • NOAA Podcast-Shipwreck added to Historic Register-15th Anniversary of Positioning Network (episode 18)

    NOAA Podcast-Shipwreck added to Historic Register-15th Anniversary of Positioning Network (episode 18) An early 20th century shipwreck located in a NOAA National Marine Sanctuary is added to the National Register of Historic Places. And the National Geodetic Survey celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Continuously Operating Reference Station program. Professional Land Surveyor Source: NOAA

  • Office Of Space Commercialization – Satellite Navigation

    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)…

  • NGS Announces NEW CORS GOOGLE MAPS

    Written by NOAA/NGS: July 9, 2008 NEW CORS GOOGLE MAPS The CORS web site ( www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/ ) features a new set of dynamic Google maps to facilitate access to CORS information. These updated maps were designed and implemented by The CORS Team. Please view these maps when you get a chance and share with us…