United Kingdom National GPS Networks

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United Kingdom National GPS Networks

• Professor Terry Moore
• Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space
  Geodesy
  
• The University of Nottingham

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Maritime DGPS

• Nine maritime DGPS stations operate in trial
  mode
  
• Pending full validation of performance
• Two additional inland stations by end of 2001
• Complete land coverage
• Fill minor gaps in marine coverage
• Fully compliant with ITU-R and IALA
  recommendations
  
• Frequency changes due to take place 18-19
  September
  
• European plan to improve interference protection
• Allow establishment of new stations

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GLA Maritime DGPS Stations
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Frequency Changes
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Ordnance Survey of Great Britain

• Active Network now includes 30 stations
• 15 second interval RINEX data available free of
  charge
  
• Passive stations - 1000 coordinated points - free
  of charge
  
• 1Hz raw data service soon (charged)
• Network Real Time Kinematic (RTK) trials
• New transformation ETRS89 to OSGB36 - March 02
• New geoid model ETRS89 - ODN - December 01
• Access to data via website www.gps.gov.uk

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Ordnance Survey Active Stations
Sumburgh Head
Thurso
Butt of Lewis
Inverness
Mallaeg
Girdle Ness
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Newcastle
Carlisle
Isle of Man North
Leeds
Flamborough Head
Isle of Man South
Blackpool
Daresbury
Point Lynas
Kings Lynn
Nottingham
Droitwich
Northampton
Colchester
Carmarthen
Bristol
Vauxhall
Nash Point
North Foreland
Southampton
St Catherines Point
Plymouth
Lizard
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UKCOGR / BIGF Scientific Stations
ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/eosi
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Scientific Stations
MO
IESSG/POL/DEFRA
NCL
NCL/IESSG/DEFRA
DEFRA Department for Environment
and Rural Affairs EA Environment Agency IESSG U
niversity of Nottingham MO Meteorological Office
NCL University of Newcastle- upon- Tyne NPL Na
tional Physical Laboratory NSGF NERC Space Geodes
y Facility POL Proudman Oceanographic Laborator
y
DEFRA
MO
IESSG
DEFRA
MO
MO
EA
EA
EA
NSGF
MO
DEFRA
MO
MO
DEFRA
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National GPS Network Archive
LERW
SUM1
THUR
BOFL
INVE
ABER
MALL
GIR1
EDIN
GLAS
NEWC
MORP
NSTG
CARL
IOMN
LEED
FLA1
IOMS
BLAC
DARE
LYN1
LIVE
KING
NOTT
HEMS
NOTT
DROI
LOWE
ABYW
NORT
PERS
COLC
CARM
BRIS
BARK
SHEE
LOND
NAS1
NFO1
SUNB
NPLD
OSHQ
HERS
DUNK
PORT
CAMB
HURN
SCP1
PLYM
NEWL
LIZ1