[IGSMAIL-258] JPL's site catalog
Dave
Dave
Fri May 21 09:05:12 PDT 1993
IGS Electronic Mail 21-MAY-1993 09:05:12 Message Number 258
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>From: Dave Starr
Subj: JPL's site catalog
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A Flinn site catalog is now available from JPL and posted at CDDIS. The
catalog is available at:
JPL - bodhi:~/gps/doc/site_catalog.txt
CDDIS - CDDIS::GPS3:[GPSINFO]SITE_CATALOG.TXT
Alternate tabular forms of the information, more suited for input to
software programs, will be available in the near future.
For access to bodhi, contact Dave Starr (starr at logos.jpl.nasa.gov).
An exerpt from the catalog introduction is enclosed.
- Tom and Alan
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Thomas G. Lockhart Telephone: (818) 354 6102
Alan Hart Telephone: (818) 354 1705
GPS Networks & Operations Group FAX: (818) 393 4965
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Email: tgl at logos.jpl.nasa.gov
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
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Exerpt from the introduction to the JPL Flinn site catalog:
The GPS GLOBAL NETWORK SITE CATALOG (Site Catalog) is a computer data reference
service designed and implemented by the GPS Network Operations Group (GNOG) at
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
This reference service intends to document ALL of the stations within the GPS
Global Network and is available, via the computer system "BODHI" or from Goddard
Space Flight Center's (GSFC) Crustal Dynamics Data Information Service (CDDIS),
as a reliable and current "on-line" service for the GPS Global Network
Community. The Site Catalog has JPL's commitment to the highest standards of
system reliability and data accuracy.
Presently, certain areas of the Site Catalog are under development, as some of
the information on hand is incomplete. For instance, we have not started
routine analysis for the sites labeled as "Section B: Additional Stations", due
to the lack of accurate data and information. Therefore, any relevant inputs of
information from the GPS community will be greatly appreciated.
The Site Catalog currently consists of five units or "tables" designed to
completely "document" any particular station(s) or site(s). A brief description
of each tables's application and contents follows below:
Table I: SITE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORICAL DATA - contains the site's
full name, its 4-character ID, and a brief description of
its historical data.
Table II: GEODETIC MARKS AND COORDINATES - lists the GPS monument
marker and Geodetic Coordinates for each GPS site.
Table III: ITRF '91 GEOCENTRIC COORDINATES - lists each site's
Geocentric Coordinates as obtained via ITRF '91 Reference
Frame at Epoch 1992.5. For convenience, we've included site
velocities obtained from the GLB718 VLBI solution to
allowthe GPS coordinates to be propagated forward in time.
Table IV: SITE TIES - displays local site ties "TO" GPS monuments
"FROM" other VLBI or SLR monuments, where those monument
numbers were obtained from the CDP Catalog 1979-1990 (March,
1992). For those sites which do not have a monument
underneath the antenna, the GPS mark is listed as
"(antenna)".
Table V: SITE RECEIVER/ANTENNAS - lists the receiver and antenna
name, the type used, the manufacturer, the antenna height
(vertical distance from top of the choke ring down to the
top of the monument), antenna phase center measurements, and
standard antenna heights for various models of Rogue
receivers.
In future editions of the Site Catalog, additional information (e.g. site
histories) will be included. Currently, the catalog consists only of tracking
stations for which JPL has obtained solutions of its sites coordinates. As
development of the catalog continues, other tracking stations will be included
(e.g. those stations which operate with non-Rogue receivers).
A special word of thanks goes to Claude Boucher and Z. Altamini (IGS MAIL No.
90) for their substantial input to tables 3 - 5.
INFORMATION SOURCES:
Sources of information include the following agencies:
o Algonquin Radio Observatory (ARO)
o Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
o Bendix Field Engineering Corporation (BFEC)
o Canadian Department of National Defense (CDND)
o Centre Nacional d'Etudes Spatiales, France (CNES)
o Commonwealth Independent States (CIS)
o Crustal Dynamics Data Information Service (CDDIS)
o Intl Coord of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics (CSTG)
o Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO)
o Energy, Mines, and Resources Geological Survey of Canada (EMR)
o European Space Operations Center (ESOC)
o Finnish Geodetic Institute (FGI)
o Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
o Institute of Earth Science, (IES)
o Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie (Germany) (IFAG)
o Institut Geographique National, France (IGN)
o Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia (Spain)
o International GPS Geodynamics Service (IGS)
o Institute for Space and Aeronautical Science (Japan) (ISAS)
o Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
o NASA/JPL Deep Space Network (DSN)
o National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)
o National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
o Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA)
o Onsala Space Observatory (OSO)
o Pacific Geoscience Center (PGC)
o Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO)
o TELESPAZIO
o United States Naval Observatory (USNO)
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