Bundoora CORS Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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Geocaching Australia on 12-Aug-18. Waypoint TP7835
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | TrigPoint |
Container: | Other |
Coordinates: | S37° 40.852' E145° 3.866' (WGS 84) |
55H 329320E 5827829N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 120 m |
Local Government Area: | Whittlesea |
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 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
Logs
Thanks Geocaching Australia.
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
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.
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