Lawton CORS Arp (DE8099) - Lawton, OK
N 34° 34.366 W 098° 24.595
14S E 554125 N 3825824
CORS Station at the Lawton airport.
Waymark Code: WMNYZ8
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2015
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This station is a little different from most. This is actually a Continuously Operating Reference Station, or CORS. This is what helps make the GPS network more accurate. The antenna is mounted outside the building and the hardware that monitors it is inside. This CORS is owned and operated by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The National Geodetic Survey (NGS), an office of NOAA's National Ocean Service, coordinates two networks of continuously operating reference stations (CORS): the National CORS network and the Cooperative CORS network. Each CORS site provides Global Positioning System (GPS)carrier phase and code range measurements in support of 3-dimensional positioning activities throughout the United States and its territories(map).
Surveyors, GIS/LIS professionals, engineers, scientists, and others can apply CORS data to position points at which GPS data have been collected. The CORS system enables positioning accuracies that approach a few centimeters relative to the National Spatial Reference System, both horizontally and vertically.
The CORS system benefits from a multi-purpose cooperative endeavor involving many government, academic, commercial and private organizations. New sites are evaluated for inclusion according to established criteria. See our newest sites and their coordinates.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Lawton CORS Arp
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Benchmark Agency (if other): Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)
Monumentation type (if other): GPS Antenna
County: Lawton, OK
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Lawton
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Continuously Operating Reference Station
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: DE8099
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
- A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
- A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.