From John Tue Apr 4 19:19:29 1995 From: John (John) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 19:19:29 PDT Subject: [IGSMAIL-0927] IGS site names for New Zealand Message-ID: ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail Tue Apr 4 19:19:29 PDT 1995 Message Number 0927 ****************************************************************************** Author: John Beavan Subject: IGS site names for New Zealand The NZ Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (IGNS) and Department of Survey and Land Information (DOSLI), in cooperation with NASA, UNAVCO and the Australian Survey and Land Information Group (AUSLIG), will shortly be establishing three new permanent tracking stations in New Zealand, with the data to be submitted to IGS. In accordance with a suggestion made in IGS mail message 0814, we propose the following 4-character codes for the three sites. If anyone is aware of clashes with existing IGS site codes, or has other objections, please let me know. Nearest town Code Approx lat/long ------------- ---- --------------- Wellington WGTN* 41.2S 174.8E Auckland AUCK 36.7S 174.7E Chatham Is. CHAT 44.0S 176.6W * This will not be the same as site WELL operated by DOSLI and CIGNET from 1990-92, but WELL and WGTN will be tied together by GPS at the time of installation of WGTN. [Mailed From: beavan at gamma.gns.cri.nz (John Beavan)]