Thangool CORS Thangool, Queensland, Australia
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Geocaching Australia on 14-Nov-17. Waypoint TP7730
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S24° 29.505' E150° 34.412' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 254099E 7289168N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 195 m |
| Local Government Area: | Banana |
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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
Thangool CORS
The Thangool CORS is adjacent to the carpark at the Thangool Airport.
The official name of this Trig Station as per SmartNet Australia is TNGL
Type: Unknown.
Services: Realtime & Rinex
Elevation: 247.127 (Ellipsoidal)
Source: SmartNet Aus
Logs
I rode the pusbike from Biloela to Thangool this morning,
to locate this bit of GPS augmentation technology
Bloody Magpies !!
And after all the struggles into the headwinds,
the Bloody Magpie attacks and general suffering after a long ride out to the dam yesterday,
I made it to Thangool
Time for a sit down in the shade and a fizzy cola
While the parade of trucks and cars and harvees passed by,
I found out where this CORS did lie.
A wobble of the pushbike around the towne,
past the skool sports day,
and out to the terminal,
I reached a point just 20 metres from the coords
So the CORS antenna must be one of those doo-dads on the roof of the terminal building ??
I reckon it's that one !!
'Cos it just looks like something to do with a GPS thingy
TFTC
Now all I have to do is ride the bike back to Biloela,
and suffer the endless magpie attacks !!
At least these country magpies are more show than ouch
Photo snapped and all was good.
and a plane was due 40 minutes after we were here. Parked in the front car park and took the required photo. TFTC
