Ballarat CORS Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 23-Oct-17. Waypoint TP7690
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S37° 33.533' E143° 51.295' (WGS 84) |
| 54H 752175E 5839294N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 442 m |
| Local Government Area: | Ballarat |
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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
Ballarat CORS
The Ballarat CORS is located on mounted on top of steel pole attached to the roof of the DSE Building, 402-404 Mair Street, Ballarat.
The official name of this Trig Station as per SmartNet Australia is BALL
Type: TRM57971.00 NONE antenna attached to a galvanised steel mast attach to the roof.
Services: Realtime & Rinex
Latitude: 37° 33' 32.00109" S (S37 33.533)
Longitude: 143° 51' 17.69942" E (E143 51.295)
Elevation: 463.276 (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
Mr Beetle stayed on the footpath below.
After taking the required photo we returned to the van and as we were driving off noticed a place where we would have got a better photo.
Thanks.
Whilst enjoying the architecture of this lovely city, I grabbed opportunistic photos of GCA’s and Waymarks. A pleasant day for caching.
The thing I love about caching is the interesting stories, the extra interest and attention you take when traveling, the sight-seeing, the history, the interests of the individual CO’s, *the fantastic photo opportunities* and sometimes finding places that even some locals don’t know about. I, like most cachers, look for more than a mint tin or a container under a bush. I appreciate the time that most CO’s take to construct a cache and write up a comprehensive listing and to create an interesting cache. I love traveling this big land of ours. I love taking the roads less travelled. I love the diversity of the land, the different scenes in the different seasons, the fresh air, the open plains, the lofty vistas, and the magnificent waters. I even enjoy the longer scenic walks although I'm not as young and as fit as I used to be. I love the different coffee shops I find. I enjoy the times I cache with others but I usually cache on my own.
Thank you for highlighting this area and for adding this cache to my real-life treasure hunt. Appreciate your efforts.
- P
Stopped by here on our wander around the CBD.
Cheers.
A quick find (in the back street) and a photo to prove it.
Took nothing, left nothing.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1
Caching in the area and snapped this CORS - required pic has been added to the gallery.
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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