Gatton CORS Lawes, Queensland, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 02-Oct-17. Waypoint TP7681
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S27° 32.636' E152° 19.867' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 433958E 6953138N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 93 m |
| Local Government Area: | Lockyer Valley |
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Description
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
Gatton CORS
The Gatton CORS is located on the front of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Gatton Research Station is is easily accessible from the public carpark..
The official name of this Trig Station as per SmartNet Australia is GATT
Type: unknown.
Services: Realtime & Rinex
Latitude: 27° 32' 38.17785" S (S27 32.636)
Longitude: 152° 19' 51.99961" E (E152 19.867)
Elevation: 140.583 (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.
Logs
My plan today was to hike up Flinders Peak but road access to get near the mountain was shut. So, now I’m here. Yesterday my plans didn’t work out either. The best thing to do if plans change and things are out of your control is to use the situation as an opportunity to achieve something else. Yesterday I spent the day Trig hunting after a plan change and today I will mix it up with some Trigs and GC Caches. I’m thinking Sundays would be the best day to get this one. No one here at the moment. Thanks for the cache.
Snapped the required pic which has been added to the gallery.
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Blue - Cerberus or Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. On the way to Beachmere from Toowoomba and did a loop around the University fields and spied the cors on the way round. TFTT
After leaving Nanango we headed for Brisbane and stopped to grab the GCA caches that were in the area. This one was certainly on the list to grab and after making our way to GZ, we soon had the CORs in sight. Photo was grabbed and we were soon on our way again.
TFTT GCAThanks Geocaching Australia for this cache.
On the final led into Brisbane we stopped at Gatton and located the CORS antenna on the front of the building next to the main entrance of the Gatton Research Station. The photo added to the Gallery shows Mrs y'stassie in the carpark with the CORS antenna mounted on the gable of the roof directly behind. Thanks Geocaching Australia for the cache.
