The state CORS and GPS which has been successfully completed will soon come up live, declared Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN. Fashola expressed satisfaction and confirmed the successful completion of the project.
GPS is a satellite-based radio navigation system, which allows users to determine their location anywhere in the world at any time of the day. On the other hand, the CORS operates continuously from a permanent and stable location to track down dozens of GPS and Global Navigation Satellites, receives and stores the data, removes any errors and transmits the enhanced satellite data to users in real time.
The initiative will help build a new Lagos and get the traffic moving again by tracking road congestion, road safety and improving public transportation.
GeoQinetiq was contracted to design, install, commissioned and train GIS and geomatics professionals from the office of the state Surveyor-General in the operation of the state’s first public Continuously operating Station with a view to later creating a network of such CORS stations across the State.
The newly completed CORS system is based on Leica Geosystems ultra-modern ‘future proof’ GRX1200GG GNSS reference station receivers along with Leica spider GPS network control software which will be incorporated into an integrated network of CORS stations deployed at strategic location across the state providing very high accuracy real time and post processed data for wide range surveying and construction applications.
The CORS network accordingly has the peculiar advantage of eliminating the need for surveyors to establish local controls or set up temporary field reference stations at specific job sites which is both time consuming, expensive, leads to surveying errors and exposes them surveyors’ equipment to risks of theft and accidental damage.
Source: Odili.Net