Report on a Canadian Active Control System Using GPS

Demitris Delikaraoglou

Abstract:	The Canadian Geodetic Survey has recently initiated a study aimed at examining various candidate near-future scenarios for the combined application of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), the Global Positioning System (GPS) and communication technologies to geodesy in Canada. One such system, based upon selected VLBI and GPS stations and a number of automatic, active control GPS sites (ACS) appears extremely attractive. Each site will house a GPS receiver controlled by an expensive microcomputer housed in an environmentally-controlled shelter which is to be operating automatically and continuously. This system should be capable of positioning both satellites and ground receivers to the decimeter or sub-decimeter level at a reasonable cost. Activities and plans for the implementation of this network of Active Control Points will be presented.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1986) June 24 - 26, 1986 Seattle, Washington
Pages:	106 - 110
Cite this article:	Delikaraoglou, Demitris, "Report on a Canadian Active Control System Using GPS," Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1986), Seattle, Washington, June 1986, pp. 106-110.
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