From Thomas Sat May 29 13:36:56 1993 From: Thomas (Thomas) Date: 29 MAY 1993 13:36:56 Subject: [IGSMAIL-265] JPL Site Catalog Message-ID: IGS Electronic Mail 29-MAY-1993 13:36:56 Message Number 265 *********************************************************************** >From: Thomas Lockhart Subj: JPL Site Catalog ---------------------- 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 ======================================================================= 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 ======================================================================= Excerpt 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 (JPL), Pasadena, California. This reference service intends to document most 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 table's application and contents follows below: Table I: STATIONS OF THE GPS GLOBAL TRACKING NETWORK - 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 allow the 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 coordinate solutions. 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 and 263) 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 (University of Texas) (ARL) o Bendix Field Engineering Corporation (BFEC) o Canadian Department of National Defense (CDND) o Centre Nacional d'Etudes Spatiales, France (CNES) o Crustal Dynamics Data Information Service (CDDIS) o Intl Coord of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics (CSTG) o Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) (DUT) o Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) o Energy, Mines, and Resources (Geological Survey, Canada) (EMR-GSC) o Energy, Mines, and Resources (Canadian Geodetic Survey) (EMR-CGS) o European Space Agency (ESA) o European Space Operations Center (ESOC) o Finnish Geodetic Institute (FGI) o Geodatisches Forschungs Zentrum (Germany) (GFZ) o Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) o Institute for Space and Aeronautical Science (Japan) (ISAS) o Institute for Space Research (Austria) (ISR) o Institute of Earth Science, Academia Sinica (China) (IES) o Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie (Germany) (IfAG) o Institut Geographique National/Statens Kartverk, (France) (IGN-SK) o Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia (Spain) o International GPS Geodynamics Service (IGS) o Italian Space Agency (ISA) o Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) o NASA/JPL Deep Space Network (DSN) o National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) o National Geodetic Survey (NGS) o National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) o National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) o Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) o Onsala Space Observatory (OSO) o Pacific Geoscience Center (PGC) o Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) o Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) o United States Naval Observatory (USNO) =======================================================================