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Subject:	Current CORS Data Holdings.

Date:           Tue Dec 02 09:27 GPS 2008
Week:           48
GPS Week:       1508

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December 1, 2008

OPUS COVERAGE BY COUNTY IN NOVEMBER 2008

To see a plot of OPUS solutions in the US by county during November 2008
click at:
		
	http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS/Plots/2008-11opus.gif
			
To see a plot of OPUS-RS solutions in the US by county during November 2008
click at:
		
	http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS/Plots/2008-11opus-rs.gif

The total OPUS coverage (OPUS + OPUS-RS) by county during a period of one year 
can be seen at:
			
	http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS/Plots/2008-11_2007-12combined.gif

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November 10, 2008

COORDINATES AND VELOCITIES REVISED AT EIGHT CORS SITES

Coordinates and/or velocities were revised for 8 sites:

	California     PTSG
	Florida        MIA4
	Louisiana      LMCN
	Mexico         INEG, MMX1
	Missouri       LTHM
	Pennsylvania   UPTC
	South Dakota   CLK5

Revised coordinates/velocities are valid for the entire
operation time of a site in ITRF00, with exceptions
for time-series offsets or changes in velocities noted
for the following sites,  beginning at dates.

	INEG    2007-02-09  change in subsidence from -60mm/yr to -37mm/yr
	LMCN    2005-08-29  change in subsidence from 0mm/yr to -6mm/yr
	MIA4    2007-01-10  unknown offset
	MMX1    2008-04-25  change in subsidence from 0mm/yr to -324mm/yr

Users have requested that whenever ITRF00 coordinates/
velocities are revised, that the transformed NAD83
coordinates be revised, too, regardless of the amount
of change.  Changes to NAD83 coordinates at the published
epoch date 2002.0 are:

	CLK5     Horz =    0.011 m     Vert =    0.085 m
	INEG     Horz =    0.026 m     Vert =   -0.081 m
	LMCN     Horz =    0.013 m     Vert =    0.008 m
	LTHM     Horz =    0.003 m     Vert =   -0.005 m
	MIA4     Horz =    0.004 m     Vert =    0.021 m
	MMX1     Horz =    0.003 m     Vert =    3.686 m
	PTSG     Horz =    0.019 m     Vert =    0.002 m
	UPTC     Horz =    0.002 m     Vert =   -0.012 m

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November 10, 2008

NGS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK IN AREAS RELATED TO RTN

Real-Time Network (RTN) administrators and users are encouraged 
to read the following Guest Editorial published in Professional
Surveyor Magazine:

	http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/Articles/BillProfSurvNov08.pdf

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November 4, 2008

FTP AND UFCORS STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER 2008

FTP server statistics for Oct 2008
          Total Requests: 948257 (all FTP requests logged)
  Total Data Transferred: 911007 MB (all files)

 Requests for RINEX data: 836678 (88% of total requests)
               2008 data: 714611 (85% of RINEX requests)
               2007 data:  18493 ( 2% of RINEX requests)
               2006 data:  83984 (10% of RINEX requests)
               2005 data:   9053 ( 1% of RINEX requests)
               2004 data:   2218 
               2003 data:   7266 
               2002 data:    657 
               2001 data:    377 
               2000 data:     10 
               1998 data:      8 
               1996 data:      1 

Requests for daily files.                   Requests for hourly files.
   Total: 683987 -  881044 MB                  Total: 118559 -    9697 MB
     Obs: 131431 -  807901 MB                    Obs:  12377 -    5695 MB
     Nav:      0 -       0 MB                    Nav:      0 -       0 MB
     Met:     98 -       0 MB                    Met:   4186 -       3 MB
     Sum:   5988 -       0 MB                    Sum:    353 -       0 MB
   Other: 546470 -   73030 MB                  Other: 101643 -    3995 MB

Requests for ephemerides files.
     IGR:    640 -     50 MB
     IGS:    344 -     26 MB
     IGU:    393 -     31 MB
    Brdc:  31792 -   1607 MB

Other files:  963 -   18 MB


Requests from top 10 hosts (% of RINEX requests):
                       62.105.138.5: 393514 (47%) -  24477 MB ( 2%)
                      139.142.67.89:  73204 ( 8%) - 196464 MB (22%)
                     140.172.184.10:  56625 ( 6%) - 516025 MB (57%)
                      134.197.38.55:  32763 ( 3%) -  10532 MB ( 1%)
                      128.117.29.23:  32716 ( 3%) -    834 MB ( 0%)
                     192.43.244.138:  28879 ( 3%) -    999 MB ( 0%)
                     192.43.244.136:  28632 ( 3%) -    967 MB ( 0%)
                      68.179.15.203:  28281 ( 3%) -   4059 MB ( 0%)
                     192.43.244.132:  27054 ( 3%) -    902 MB ( 0%)
                      192.52.65.180:  15548 ( 1%) -  13924 MB ( 1%)
                      137.75.71.101:  13797 ( 1%) -    269 MB ( 0%)

                              Total: 731013 (87%) - 769457 MB (86%)

Unique hosts:   3950 - 911007 MB

Hosts with 
           1  request:   1516 (38%) -    924 MB ( 0%)
       2-100 requests:   2273 (57%) -  33324 MB ( 3%)
    101-1000 requests:    107 ( 2%) -  27710 MB ( 3%)
  1001-10000 requests:     41 ( 1%) -  72051 MB ( 7%)
  over 10000 requests:     13 ( 0%) - 776995 MB (85%)

Plots for "user friendly" CORS (UFCORS) requests for last month are available at
the following Web address:

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS-Proxy/UfcorsLogStatistics/corsstatisticsv3?month=Oct&year=2008
   
Month by month statistics can be viewed at:
   
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS-Proxy/UfcorsLogStatistics/corsstatisticsv3?month=All&year=2008

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS-Proxy/UfcorsLogStatistics

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October 24, 2008

NEW PAPER ABOUT CORS PUBLISHED

A new article related to NGS CORS program has recently been published in
the November issue of ASCE Journal of Surveying Engineering.

The full citation of this paper is as follows:

	Snay R.A., and Soler T. (2008) "Continuously Operating Reference
	Station (CORS): History, Applications, and Future Enhancements."
	J. Surv. Eng. 134(4): 95-104

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National CORS Station Operators
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The following organizations provided data from their stations for
distribution.

Organization                                    # Sites

U.S. Coast Guard  (DGPS)                          308
University Navstar Consortium                     110
Michigan Department of Transportation              86
NOAA  (FSL/NGS/CIGNET)                             81
Texas Department of Transportation                 68
North Carolina Geodetic Survey                     54
Ohio Department of Transportation                  49
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)              38
New York State Department of Transportation        36
Florida Department of Transportation               33
Tennessee Dept. of Transportation Design Div.      22
Louisiana State University                         21
U.S. Department of Transportation  (NDGPS)         20
Oklahoma Department of Transportation              18
Jet Propulsion Laboratory  (JPL/NASA)              17
Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array (PANGA)           17
Minnesota Department of Transportation             16
University of Southern Mississippi, GCGC           15
EGPS Solutions, GA                                 14
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation          14
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Mexico          12
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  (DGPS)               11
Basin and Range Geodetic Network  (BARGN)          10
Kentucky Depart of Transportation                  10
Las Vegas Valley Water District                    10
New Jersey Institute of Technology                 10
Connecticut Department of Transportation            9
Vermont Agency of Transportation                    9
Bay Area Regional Deformation Array, CA  (BARD)     8
Alabama Department of Transportation                7
Bayonet Network                                     7
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department      7
Southern California Integrated GPS Array  (SCIGN)   7
175th Engineer Co., Iraq                            6
BP Exploration                                      5
Natural Resources Canada, Geodetic Survey Div.      5
PBO-Nucleus                                         5
Sedgwick County, Kansas                             5
University of Utah / UNAVCO                         5
Arizona GPS                                         4
Harris Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, TX    4
Idaho Department of Transportation                  4
Institute for Regional Analysis & Public Policy     4
New Mexico Department of Transportation             4
Virginia Department of Transportation               4
City of Scottsdale, AZ                              3
Ethiopia Mapping Agency                             3
Geographical Registration & Land Info Systems       3
Kara Company                                        3
Pacific GPS                                         3
Scripps Orbit & Permanent Array Center (SOPAC)      3
South Carolina Geodetic Survey                      3
University of New Hampshire, FIT                    3
Cayman Islands                                      2
Columbia County, GA                                 2
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, TQ    2
Hwy./Floodplain Dept. Cochise Co., AZ               2
Instituto Geografico Nacional, Guatemala            2
University of Virgin Islands                        2
U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena                    2
Agrimennsores 4N Inc.                               1
Alaska Department of Transportation                 1
American Samoa Department of Commerce, AS           1
Baltimore County Survey Division                    1
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory                   1
Bonneville Blueprint Supply, Inc.                   1
Brigham Young University, ID                        1
Bureau of Land Management                           1
Carbon County, UT                                   1
Central Washington University, WA                   1
City of Cincinnati, OH                              1
City of Grand Island Utility Department, NE         1
City of High Point, NC                              1 
City of Kingman, AZ                                 1
City of Mountain Home, AR                           1
City of Tucson, AZ                                  1
Colleton County Mgmt. Info. Systems                 1
Condor Earth Technologies Inc, CA                   1
Cogno Carta GIS Costa Rica                          1
Delaware Department of Parks and Recreation         1
Delaware Department of Transportation               1
Engineering Inc., MT                                1
Flathead Valley Community College, MT               1
Gila County, AZ                                     1
Greenville Technical Institute, SC                  1
Greer Commission of Public Works, SC                1
GTS Technologies, PA                                1
Hagerstown Community College, MD                    1
Idaho State University                              1
Indiana University                                  1 
Int'l. Union of Operating Engineers 825, NJ         1
Iraq Ministry of Wtr Res General Direct for Surveys 1
Kara Company                                        1
Lake County Division of Transportation, IL          1
Lamont Earth Observatory, NY                        1
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA          1
Marel Bayamon Inc., PR                              1
Maricopa County, AZ Dept. of Transportation         1
Missoula County, MT                                 1
Monroe County, NY                                   1
Monsanto - Soda Springs                             1
Montana State University Northern                   1
Moore Bass Consulting, GA                           1
NCAD Corporation, KY                                1
Nebraska Department of Roads                        1
Northampton Department of Public Works              1
North Carolina Department of Transportation         1
North Dakota Department of Transportation           1
Ogden County, UT                                    1
Ohio University                                     1
Paul Smith College, NY                              1
Pellissippi State Tech Comm Coll, TN                1
Philadelphia Water Department                       1
Pierce County, WA                                   1
Riverside County Flood District, CA                 1
RODS Surveying Inc.                                 1
Salt Lake County, UT                                1
Salt River Project, AZ                              1
Sangamon County, IL                                 1
Scotts Bluff County                                 1
Southeastern Polytechnic University                 1
Southern Illinois Univ Carbondale                   1
State University of New York                        1
Taylor Wiseman & Taylor, NJ                         1
The Surveyors Exchange, AK                          1
TWP Morris - Dept. of Plan and Tech, NJ             1
U.S. Forest Service, Black Hills Natl. Forest       1
U.S. Forest Service, Nez Perce Natl. Forest         1
U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls                 1
United States Air Force                             1
University of Illinois                              1
University of Puerto Rico                           1
University of Virginia-Fan Mountain, VA             1
University of Vermont,                              1
VA Dept. Mines, Mineral and Energy                  1
Wallops Flight Facility-NASA GSFC                   1
York County, SC                                     1

                                  Total          1324


For more information about CORS Associate Networks visit
	http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/links1/


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Cooperative CORS Program Operators
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The following organizations provided data from their stations for
distribution at their local web site:

Organization                                    # Sites

Earl Dudley Associates, Inc.                       15
Loyola Spatial Systems, Hampton, VA                14
Kara Company                                       14
Easydrive, TX                                      10
City of Houston, TX                                 7
Washoe County Public Works, NV                      7
Haselbach Surveying Instruments, CA                 6
DuPage County, IL                                   6
Mesa County Public Works, CO                        5
Cornerstone Measurement Solutions                   4
Stark County, OH                                    4
Pierce County, WA                                   4
Seiler Instruments and Manufacturing, St. Louis, MO 4
Cobb County, Georgia                                3
Maine Technical Source, MA                          3
Marion County, OR                                   3
Lower Colorado River Authority, TX                  3
Crafton Tull and Associates, Inc., AR               2
Lane County Surveyors, OR                           2
Alaska DOT                                          1
Allegany College of MD                              1
California Surveying & Drafting Supply, Inc.        1
City of Abilene, TX                                 1
City of Auburn, AL                                  1
City of Auburn, IN                                  1
City of Beaverton, OR                               1
City of Durham, NC                                  1
City of Emporia, KS                                 1
City of Modesto, CA                                 1
City of Newberg, OR                                 1
City of San Marcos, TX                              1
Clay County Minnesota GIS                           1
County Land Surveys, WV                             1
Department of Environmental Conservation, NY        1	
Douglas County Surveyor's Office, OR                1	
Environmental Data Center, U of RI                  1
Frontier Precision, Inc., SD                        1
Geospatial Training & Appl. Center, Huntsville, AL  1
Glenville State Colle, WV                           1
J.B. Davis Engineers, Fort Worth, TX                1
John Griffin Surveyors, Dayton, TX                  1 
Lancaster County, PA                                1
Mohawk Valley Community College, NY                 1
Natural Resource Mngmnt & Eng, CT                   1
New Hampshire DOT                                   1
OBEC Consulting Engineers, OR                       1
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN               1
Rocco V. D'Andrea Inc., Riverside, CT               1
Rock River Water Reclamation District, Rockford, IL 1
RODS Surveying Inc., Spring, TX                     1
SJB Group, Baton Rouge, LA                          1
Skagit County GIS, WA                               1
Surveying And Mapping, Inc.                         1
Transit Instruments, Inc., Murray, UT               1
University of Alaska, Anchorage                     1
University of Arkansas, Monticello                  1
University of Connecticut, Storrs                   1
University of Southern Maine                        1
University of Southern Mississippi                  1
University of Texas, El Paso                        1
Vermont Geodetic Survey, VT                         1
Vincennes University, IN                            1
Washington Co. Surveyor's Office, OR                1
West Chester Univ & Chester Co GIS, PA              1

                                  Total           166



For more information about the Cooperative CORS Program visit
        http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/Coop

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