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The National CORS Network Overview & Status Miranda Chin The CORS Team NGS Convocation October 24-28, 2005 Major changes: National CORS goes International Quality replaces quantity ‘.gz’ data files will be eliminated Easy to use Web interface for submitting new CORS applications
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The NationalCORS NetworkOverview & Status Miranda Chin The CORS Team NGS Convocation October 24-28, 2005
Major changes: • National CORS goes International • Quality replaces quantity • ‘.gz’ data files will be eliminated • Easy to use Web interface for submitting new CORS applications
National CORS goes International • Countries CORS currently works with: Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Nicaragua • We now receive data from Suriname, Cayman Brac/Grand Cayman, Mexico • Will soon be adding: Costa Rica and British Virgin Islands • On the horizon: Ethiopia, Panama Canal, Turks & Caicos
Quality replaces quantity • Currently 688 stations published • Over 70 stations in the pipeline • Approximately 800 stations by the end of the year 2005 • NYDOT will start its CORS network installation this month • West Virginia DOT and Colorado DOT are currently working on CORS networks • Site Selection Team: It is time to go QUALITY!!!
‘.gz’ data file type will be eliminated • Target date is Jan. 2006 • Detailed description in this article: ‘Obtaining CORS Information Using Anonymous FTP’ by Richard Snay
Easy to use Web Interface for Submitting new CORS Applications • The CORS System Development Team is working on the final phase for providing public with this Web interface page • Station log-make easy and accurate • Checklist for submission