TS04G: GNSS REFERENCE STATIONS AND NETWORKS [10566]

Commission: 5
Chair: Dr. Ryan Keenan, Chair FIG Commission 5, Australia
Rapporteur: Dr. Eldar Rubinov, Australia


GNSS Reference Stations (aka CORS) are now commonplace in in nearly every nation on Earth – either as standalone stations or part of a networked solution. No longer are governments the only ones installing and operating these infrastructures, commercial organisations, regional communities and more recently global associations are evolving into infrastructure owners as well as service providers.

Guiding Question for Discussion:

• Has high-precision positioning finally become a must-have utility?

Saad Al-Qahtani, Abdulwasiu Salawu, Abdullah Al-Qahtani and Abdullah Al-Thawwad (Saudi Arabia):
Establishment of KSA-CORS Network, Its Performance and Future Plans (12208)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]

Milan Horemuž, Amin Alizadeh-Khameneh, Johan Vium Andersson and Sara Wahlund (Sweden):
Geometry of Reference Stations in Network RTK (11870)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]
This is a peer reviewed paper.

Peter T.Y. Shih (Chinese Taipei):
A Performance Analysis of Real Time Kinematic GNSS Services in Taiwan (11990)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]

John Galetzka, Ira Sellars, Francine Coloma, Lijuan Sun and Don Haw (USA):
The NOAA CORS Network (NCN): a Brief History and Current Status (12101)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]

Luis Elneser, Xiaohua Wen (Australia), Garrett Seepersad (Canada), Mike Horton and Yudan Yi (USA):
Can Co-Location and Community CORS Add Value to GNSS Data? (12063)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]