Main Beach CORS Main Beach, Queensland, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 02-Apr-23. Waypoint TP13531

This is a TrigPoint Cache. There are no physical geocache containers with logbooks or swap items relating to this cache here. To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the CORS, along with your GPS receiver or something with your geocaching name on it or yourself.

Main Beach CORS (MBCH) 
 
Mark number: 753692 
Installed 2019 
CORS is attached to steel framework on top of the roof of the Gold Coast Waterways Authority building, see image in gallery. 

A CORS is a Continuously Operating Reference Station. CORS can take the place of a traditional base station used in differential GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning. In a geodetic context, CORS form an integral component of the nation’s geospatial infrastructure. The primary purpose of geodetic CORS is to collect data to measure and monitor the movement of the continent so that the reference frame and datum can be defined, improved, and maintained for geoscience and spatial datasets. CORS also support additional downstream applications such as major infrastructure projects, asset management, resource and emergency management, machine guidance, intelligent transport systems, precision agriculture and environmental research.

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Access: Park out front of the building for a quick park and find. This may be challenging on a week day.