PENN STATE UNIV CORS ARP (AF9653) - State College, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
N 40° 48.414 W 077° 50.988
18T E 259614 N 4521230
A GPS antenna near the N corner of the Penn State Transportation Research building serves as an NGS Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) ARP station.
Waymark Code: WMP9NR
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
Views: 5

This CORS ARP Station is located at the top of the building facing Hastings RD - SW of Porter RD.

Details from NGS datasheet are as follows:

MARKER: STATION IS THE ANTENNA REFERENCE POINT OF THE GPS ANTENNA

01/01/2000 by ()
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 2000 STATION IS A GPS CORS. LATEST INFORMATION INCLUDING POSITIONS AND VELOCITIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COORDINATE AND LOG FILES ACCESSIBLE BY ANONYMOUS FTP OR THE WORLDWIDE WEB. FTP CORS.NGS.NOAA.GOV: CORS/COORD AND CORS/STATION_LOG (visit link) UNDER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: PENN STATE UNIV CORS ARP

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): GPS CORS Station

County: Centre County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): State College

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: AF9653

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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