The National CORS NetworkOverview & Status

Miranda ChinThe CORS Team

NGS ConvocationOctober 24-28, 2005

Major changes:

• National CORS goes International• Quality replaces quantity• ‘.gz’ data files will be eliminated• Easy to use Web interface for

submitting new CORS applications

National CORS goes International

• Countries CORS currently works with: Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Nicaragua

• We now receive data from Suriname, Cayman Brac/Grand Cayman, Mexico

• Will soon be adding: Costa Rica and British Virgin Islands

• On the horizon: Ethiopia, Panama Canal, Turks & Caicos

Suriname

Costa Rica

British Virgin Islands

Grand Cayman & Cayman Brac

Mexico

Quality replaces quantity

• Currently 688 stations published

• Over 70 stations in the pipeline

• Approximately 800 stations by the end of the year 2005

• NYDOT will start its CORS network installation this month

• West Virginia DOT and Colorado DOT are currently working on CORS networks

• Site Selection Team: It is time to go QUALITY!!!

New York DOT CORS Network

‘.gz’ data file type will be eliminated

• Target date is Jan. 2006

• Detailed description in this article:

‘Obtaining CORS Information Using Anonymous FTP’

by Richard Snay

Easy to use Web Interface for Submitting new CORS Applications

• The CORS System Development Team is working on the final phase for providing public with this Web interface page

• Station log-make easy and accurate

• Checklist for submission