Determining The Reference Station Site; Consider The Net-G3A Reference Station Application - Topcon Net-G3A Operator's Manual

Pre-setup Preparation
Determining the Reference
Station Site
The site at which the reference station will be installed requires that
the project team make in advance specific decisions about the goals of
the project and therefore the application. Once the application has
been decided and the goals clarified, a site inspection will help
determine specific hardware/software setups and other requirements.
For more details on site planning, refer to the UNAVCO website
(http://facility.unavco.org/) and the National Geodetic Survey (USA)
CORS website (www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/
Establish_Operate_CORS.html), specifically the document titled
Guidelines for New and Existing Continuously Operating Reference
Stations (CORS).
Consider the Net-G3A Reference
Station Application
Several decisions about the reference station application need to be
determined before considering both the physical location and the
receiver setup. These decisions affect virtually all the associated
project planning, site inspection, hardware/software setup, and data
gathering activities. Among the questions to consider are the
following:
• who the end-user will be and how many there will be (those
accessing the data, those analyzing the data, etc.)
• what kinds of communication links will be used
• what kind of data are required and data formats
• where the receiver needs to be placed (based on available sites
and intended application)
• how the receiver will be used: as a single reference station or as
part of a network
• how long the project will last: a short-term or a long-term project
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