Greensboro, NC NDGPS Site Declared Operational
On 10 November, the U.S. Coast Guard declared the NDGPS site located in Greensboro, NC “Operational”. Completion of this site marks a significant milestone in the three years cooperative effort between the State of North Carolina (Office of the Governor, NC DOT, NC Geodetic Survey, and NC A&T State University), the U.S. Coast Guard, and other members of the seven-agency Policy and Implementation Team for the Department of Transportation’s Nationwide DGPS expansion initiative. Greensboro is the 32nd site completed by the Nationwide DGPS project and provides signal coverage too much of western North Carolina, as well as portions of South Carolina, and Virginia. The broadcast signal will provide integrity and improve the accuracy of GPS-derived positions, thus enhancing many position-dependent projects and activities. The site operates at a frequency of 303Khz, 100 baud. Day-to-day control and monitoring of site operations is performed by the Coast Guard Navigation Center located in Alexandria, VA. Significant state involvement in identifying a site, leasing the land, surveying, completing the environmental impact statement, and upgrading the access road played a critical part in the successful addition of this site to the Nationwide DGPS system.
Greensboro, NC NDGPS Site Declared Operational
On 10 November, the U.S. Coast Guard declared the NDGPS site located in Greensboro, NC “Operational”. Completion of this site marks a significant milestone in the three years cooperative effort between the State of North Carolina (Office of the Governor, NC DOT, NC Geodetic Survey, and NC A&T State University), the U.S. Coast Guard, and other members of the seven-agency Policy and Implementation Team for the Department of Transportation’s Nationwide DGPS expansion initiative. Greensboro is the 32nd site completed by the Nationwide DGPS project and provides signal coverage too much of western North Carolina, as well as portions of South Carolina, and Virginia. The broadcast signal will provide integrity and improve the accuracy of GPS-derived positions, thus enhancing many position-dependent projects and activities. The site operates at a frequency of 303Khz, 100 baud. Day-to-day control and monitoring of site operations is performed by the Coast Guard Navigation Center located in Alexandria, VA. Significant state involvement in identifying a site, leasing the land, surveying, completing the environmental impact statement, and upgrading the access road played a critical part in the successful addition of this site to the Nationwide DGPS system.