Bundoora CORS Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 12-Aug-18. Waypoint TP7835

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Type: TrigPoint
Container: Other
Coordinates: S37° 40.852' E145° 3.866' (WGS 84)
  55H 329320E 5827829N (UTM)
Elevation: 120 m
Local Government Area: Whittlesea

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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 modeled and corrected for, yielding the ± 20 mm position solution required by so many industries.

More info on CORS can be found here: CORS

 


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


The Bundoora CORS antenna is located on the roof Building 220 at the RMIT Bundoora Campus West, Clements Drive, Bundoora

Name:   BUND
Services:   Realtime & Rinex
Latitude:   S37 40.852
Longitude:   E145 03.866
Elevation:   unknown

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30-Sep-24
Drove in to the uni and found a free parking area. Got out and the CORS was up there.
 
16-Oct-21
Having completed a nearby GC cache, I mosied on over to this one to see if I could get the required pickie. Sure enough, 2upoj showed the way nicely and I soon had what was needed at 11:45. Dancing

Thanks Geocaching Australia.
 
08-Feb-20
19:15
Finally, a decent leg stretch after helping a friend shift their fridge and other heavy furniture to their new place, up two flights of stairs.

I could have parked closer, but first and foremost, I needed the walk. So I started from the underground parking at Uni Hill and strolled past the ovals to visit a venerable old gum tree, before continuing the loop to take a selfie here with my new phone.

GCA#514
 
30-Jul-19
Found with +Wife this afternoon.
The nearby Keelbundoora Scarred Tree & Heritage Trail looks like an interesting wander.
We did visit the Peppercorn tree, the Possum Tree and the Scarred Tree.
Thanks for the Trig Point.
 
12-May-19
Found by caughtatwork at 15:58 on 12/05/2019
A simple find and the photo will accompany shortly.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for this geocache experience here today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1
 
04-Nov-18
A quick photograph and on my way again. TFTC.
 
27-Sep-18
After a few days in Melbourne it was time to head home, however there are always a few on the way. This one certainly was. Photo snapped and all was good.
 
27-Sep-18
#GA3195 - 08:10; After a couple of days in Melbourne with Sol de lune, we are now headed for home. Still time for a bit of caching along the way and a few more moveables to be dropped after the moveable muster in the National Capital. Stopped off to grab a snap of the CORS as we headed north for home. TFTT Geocaching Australia Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
12-Aug-18
Today we visited the RMIT Bundoora Campus West and located the CORS. Two photos have been added to the Gallery: the first photo shows Mrs y'stassie with Building 220 in the background and the CORS antenna on the roof; the second photo is a closer view of the CORS antenna on the roof. In both instances the CORS antenna had been circled in red. Thanks for the cache.
 
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