Ballina CORS Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 21-May-17. Waypoint TP7638

CORS (Continually Operating Reference Stations) collecting geodetic data from GNSS.

A CORS is a Continuously Operating Reference Station. CORS can take the place of a traditional base station used in differential GNSS positing. They can give an instant position to an accuracy of ±20 mm and are used in many industries including Precision Agriculture, Construction, Mining, Surveying and in Scientific Research.

Typically, the maximum distance between a base station and rover GNSS set up is around 10 - 15 km. This is due to the effect of the atmosphere on the GNSS signals as they travel from the satellite to a GNSS receiver.

With the establishment of a network of CORS, the distance between the base and the rover can be extended. The CORS can be spaced around 70 km apart and using at least 3 of these CORS, the atmospheric effects can be modelled and corrected for, yielding the ±20 mm position solution required by so many industries.

More info on CORS can be found here: CORS

Ballina CORS

Official name of this Trig Station as per SmartNet Australia is BALN.

Type:  LE1AX120266 NONE antenna attached to a stainless steel plate mounted on a stainless steel mast on the LPI building, Regatta Avenue, Ballina.

Services:   Realtime & Rinex
Latitude:   28° 52' 21.62990" S         (S28 52.360)
Longitude:   153° 33' 50.71985" E          (E153 33.845)
Elevation:   44.535 (Ellipsoidal)

Source:   SmartNet Aus

To log a find on the Geocaching Ausralia website, you will need to include a picture of the CORS, along with your GPS receiver and preferably yourself.  You are encouraged to leave a description of your journey in your log to help others in finding the CORS.