Mansfield CORS Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 02-Nov-17. Waypoint TP7721
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S37° 3.930' E146° 5.188' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 418786E 5897471N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 341 m |
| Local Government Area: | Mansfield |
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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
Official name of this Trig Station as per SmartNet Australia is MNSF. It is located on the roof of the DSE Office, 128 Highett Street, Mansfield, Victoria.
| CORS: | Mansfield |
| CORS ID: | MNSF |
| Latitude: | S 37° 03' 55.78802" |
| Longitude: | E 146° 05' 11.25604" |
| Ellipsoidal Height: | 356.83 |
| Receiver: | TRIMBLE NETR9 |
Services: Realtime & Rinex
Source: Vicmap Position - GPSnet
To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the CORS, along with your GPS receiver and/or yourself. You are encouraged to leave a description of your journey in your log to help others in finding the CORS.
Hints
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Logs
We are currently touring Victoria with our geovan in tow, using geocaching as a guide. We have visited many amazing locations through geocaching. We have also found many trigs in our travels and this is one of them.- required pic has been added to the gallery.
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience today.
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We drove around until we spotted the CORS on the roof of one of the DSE buildings. We crossed the road and took our photo from the grassed area just out side the wire fence and found that we were about 61m from the CORS. It is on private property but it is relatively close to the fence and can be seen clearly.
By logging this cache we will have reduced the number of zones that we need to qualify for our Finding our Geocaching Centroid to five.
It is interesting to see where these modern trigs are located. We have found them on rural fire station buildings, on agricultural services buildings, on local council buildings, hospitals, schools, on surveyors offices and even on private homes. Some have been sited on wharves, in the grounds of airports, near railway stations and lighthouses, at sewerage treatment plants and at water treatment plants as part of weather stations. There also come in many forms.
Our photo has been added to the gallery.
A great few days on the road.....road works not counted.
