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Dec. 14, 2020

CNMR - Saipan, US

They are still undergoing repairs and recovery from the two hurricanes that hit a couple months ago...it seems that the power is coming on for a time and then going out. It will probably be like this for a little while longer. I will contact the parish maintenance department to see if they can give an ETA on when the outages will stop, but I don't think they have any control over the power company.
Larry Dunaway

STKR - Stocker, OH

FYI, the Ohio University campus is undergoing campus wide electrical outages this weekend (the 13th) and next (the 19th). I will be taking the STKR CORS receiver down from Saturday evening until Monday morning on the first weekend, and Friday evening to Sunday or Monday the second weekend.
Paul Nilles

MTPJ - Pendroy, MT

I got a person available today and he is going to head up the MTPJ to check the station out. We hope it is just a tripped breaker from a major storm that happened around the time the receiver stop working, Nov 06.

Bill

DP3A - Naperville, IL

Dec. 11, 2020

The Naperville (DP3A) station is being extra picky this morning and isn’t connecting. I’ll keep trying during the day and will also reach out to the site and try to get this resolved.
Robb Schuldt

MNWN - Winona, MN

Dec. 10, 2020

They are replacing the modem at the site now. Maybe be done in a week or two.
Nathan Anderson - MNDOT

THHR - Opelousas, LA

Dec. 7, 2020

The building where the equipment is installed currently has no power. They are working to replace a large, main breaker that controls the whole building but could not tell me when that would happen. Hopefully, this week.
Larry Dunaway - Louisiana State University

Hatanaka compression changing

Dec. 1, 2020

Beginning Tuesday December 15th, 2020 the CORS Data will no longer use the Unix compression (.Z or .z) for its Hatanaka data (d.Z). Instead, ALL compress data will be in GNU zip (.gz) format as has been the case for its ASCII Rinex data.

Michigan DOT

Dec. 1, 2020

I wanted to inform you there are several sites we are having issues with. We are currently repairing a receiver from MILI Livonia, replacing a network card to see if this solves issues we are having. If this solution fixes that receiver there may be several other we will be doing the same thing with (see below list). I will let you know as these other sites will be down.

MICC Cass City
MIAR Standish
MITW Tawas City

Thanks, Joel Bigelow

NCRB - Robbinsville, NC

Oct. 20, 2020

We're working with the local agency to get the internet connection back online.
Gary - NCGS

PAWG - Greensburg, PA, YORK - York, PA

Oct. 15, 2020

We have been experiencing data issues with PAWG. We will be onsite Monday October 19th to assess the issue. I have placed a hold on the data flow, since recently the signal quality and data flow has become so poor. Hopefully the issue will be resolved Monday. YORK is also down again. This unit is in a building with limited personnel and access. We are working on getting it restarted.
Stephen M. Moore - PA DOT

INES - Evansville, IN

Sept. 22, 2020

We were just notified that one of our stations located in Evansville, Indiana (INES) will be down for an undetermined amount of time starting now. The building is replacing the wall that the station is located on.
Andrew E. Wilken, PS

MIBO - Boyne City, MI

Sept. 16, 2020

I want to let you know we are having some issues on our site at Boyne City and it will be down until we can make the repairs.
Thank you, Joel Bigelow

HMLK - Hemlock, MI

Sept. 10, 2020

Our site at Hemlock, HMLK, is down for a power upgrade from the County Road Commission. They will be letting us know when it is complete.
Thank you, Joel Bigelow

MEWA - Waldo, ME

Sept. 9, 2020

Our CORS in Waldo will be down for about a week while a new switch is ordered and being installed by the host.
Harry Nelson - MaineDOT Property Office

CAMR - Cameron, LA

Sept. 2, 2020

I just spoke to my contact at Cameron Parish and the courthouse sustained considerable water damage to the lower floors and power will take weeks or months to restore. So for now, CAMR will be on hold until cleanup and restorations are completed and power restored, which will be a while. I am not sure if antenna or mount was damaged, but I will try to assess when they start letting people back into the area in the coming weeks.
Larry Dunaway

MECC - Bangor, ME

Sept. 1, 2020

MECC in Bangor is down, been in contact with the Security people there, still no luck getting back on line. Jason says he will plan on going up to replace this ageing NetR5 and Zephyr 2 with and Alloy and Zephyr 3
Harry Nelson - MaineDOT Property Office

CTGR - Groton, CT

Sept. 1, 2020

we lost comm with CTGR when Isaias came through our state a couple of weeks ago. Our IT group were able to get it back up and running, but it wasn't behaving, kept sending out alarms for different issues. Anyhow, it went down again last Friday around 10pm. IT are trying right now to resolve it. I will keep you updated on the progress,
Thanks, David J. Fox, L.S.

MIPV - Parshallville, MI

August 27, 2020

I wanted to let you know that our site at Parshallville will be down until we can get things figure out to replace a broken antenna cable. This will be a little tricky with utilities and parking lots, so it might be down for a bit.
Thanks, Joel Bigelow

FTP

August 24, 2020

RESOLVED.

Primary FTP access to GNSS data is down at the moment. Please use the alternate site ... ftp://alt.ngs.noaa.gov/cors/

WVLE - Lewisburg, WV

August 6, 2020

WVLE is currently down, I will update you once it is back online.
James Underwood
WVDOH Strategic Performance Management Division

MI DOT

July 23, 2020

We are currently having issues with our site at Cadillac NOR1, Hart MIHT, Boyne City MIBO and Kalkaska MIKK. I am in contact with local staff and trying to get a couple back up. Hart is in need of a cable replacement and we are hoping to do this next week possibly.
Thanks, Joel Bigelow

Three New CORS

July 10, 2020

AT01 - St Michael, AK
NCRT - Rodanthe, NC
NMTU - Tucumcari, NM

USCG - DIFFERENTIAL GPS DISCONTINUANCE !!

July 1, 2020

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=DGPSDiscontinuance

NYDOT - Missing data 169 thru 174

June 24, 2020

NYDOT had major issues with their data. It MAY be possible to piece together some data.

AZFL - Flagstaff, AZ

June 23, 2020

It looks like AZFL antenna is having issues. Unit is working but not tracking satellites. With it being on a university campus and with all that's going on I'm not sure when I would have an opportunity to do a site visit. I'm hoping there is staff still on campus.

NYDOT

June 18, 2020

An operating system update Wednesday evening broke our writing of files to ngs.dot.ny.gov, where you are getting files from us. Our IT dept. isn't scheduled to fix this until next week as it affects other systems. Would that cause issue there with NGS processes? Our data is still available on our website for users, and we have the original data. Trying to weigh our response to our IT Dept.
Thanks, Steve Roden

Gulf Coast Geospatial Center

June 4, 2020

I just wanted to pass along that we experienced an equipment outage at our office last night. CORS data logging sessions have been paused for the moment until IT communications can be restored. I will let you know when that has occurred.
Les Graham
Lead Technical Project Manager
Gulf Coast Geospatial Center
University of Southern Mississippi

TAMP - Tampico, TM, Mexico

June 2, 2020

Since last may 29th the station TAMP stopped because network communication and control unit failed. Due to the health contingency of COVID-19, the staff will not have access to the station. The data is being recorded on the receiver, we hope to be able to attend to the station when the staff has access to the station again. We are still at home working.
Best regards, Jose Guillermo Gasca Moncayo

AL92 - Bay Minette, AL

June 2, 2020

We will be checking on that one this week. There was a storm down that way last week with some pretty good lightning, so it is a possibility that it could have been hit. As soon as we get on site I will let you know what the issue is.
R. Wade Seymore, PE
ALDOT

VTDA - Danby, VT

June 1, 2020

The station VTDA is down and will be for the next month or so. There is some construction at that location and the power has been cut. I will let you know when the station is back online.
Brad Herring

TEXAS DOT

June 1, 2020

TxDOT is attempting to recover from their network issues. No data has been posted since day 149. After we regain access to our servers, we will attempt to download receiver data and upload to the FTP servers.
Regards, Darrell

ALCU

May 22, 2020

Yes, the ups has died at Cullman. I hope to have it replaced next week.
R. Wade Seymore, PE
ALDOT Design Bureau/Location
Assistant Location Engineer

TEXAS DOT

May 20, 2020

TxDOT is experiencing network issues that have affected the TxDOT Regional Reference Point Systems. Services are not available, which include CORS static data and RTN. We are working 24/7 to restore this service. Once the services available, static data will be posted to CORS. Please plan all GPS observations for Aerial, Mobile Mapping, and Survey applications with this in mind. We will keep you informed as we get information released. Thank you for your cooperation and patience,
Matt Bryant | Engineering Services Delivery Manager
Information Technology Division – Texas Department of Transportation
3712 Jackson Ave. Bldg 6. Austin, Texas 78731

Pie Town, NM

May 20, 2020

Following some larger facility issues being resolved, and subsequent GNSS receiver testing, it appears the receiver has failed. A replacement from Unavco is in preparation for shipping.
Best regards, Dave

WVAT - Athens, WV

May 6, 2020

WVAT is currently down. I have been in touch with staff on-site to request a reset but haven't heard back as of yet. I will let you know as soon as the site is operational again.
Thanks, James Underwood

Michigan DOT

May 6, 2020

FYI, Michigan DOT will have partial data for day 127, as something went awry with a system upgrade that has prevented compression of data, and so data is not being posted to their FTP site as expected.
Shawn is on it, we'll check tomorrow.

WVRTN

May 5, 2020

Please be aware that we (WVRTN) have tentatively scheduled down time for maintenance to the CORS network server. The outage is planned to begin at 8:45PM today, May 5, 2020. The maintenance should take between 3-4 hours, but may be longer depending on unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for using the WVRTN

Eugene Island 337, LA

Apr 30, 2020

The offshore platform was shut-in due to the virus, it will be back once the order is lifted.
Randy Osborne

DuPage County,Illinois

Apr 29, 2020

We've been experiencing some issues with DP1A, DP2A and DP3A. We're working on the issues and hope to get service restored soon.
Thank you, Robb

Parry Sound, ON

Apr 25, 2020

PARY Internet connection went down last Sunday. Bell Canada is investigating. I am expecting just the modem is hung up and that the receiver is still logging data. It may take a few days if Bell is unable to reboot the modem remotely and has to make a site visit. Take care,
Mike

PADOT

Apr 23, 2020

Dear Friends,
I wish to notify you that the PAAP CORS station building will be torn down beginning in May, 2020. I would recommend that we consider having this station removed from the building; antenna, mounting, cables, and all hardware; by the beginning of April, 2020. I have cc'ed Mr. Lou Lane, facilities manager for Physics / Astronomy / Geology and Environmental Science, and Mr. Roy Charlton; facilities management, responsible for the LRDC building where the CORS site has been located for these many years; on this email. My sincere thanks for these many years of association with the CORS program. It has been an honor and privilege to work with you on this critical activity.
Sincerely,
Bill Harbert
Prof. Geophysics

KARA Company, CCMK

Mar 30, 2020

We realized that Kara network has been completely down since 2020-073, March 13.
Station CCMK has been down since 2020-056. As this has been down for more than 30 days, we will place CCMK on non-operational status until data flow resumes.
We understand that access may be restricted or down. Please follow your local guidelines and do not make extraordinary efforts - we acknowledge that stations may be down for a period of time under the circumstances.
My best to you and yours,
Fran - NGS

JPLM - Pasadena, CA

Mar 24, 2020

Dear colleagues,
Please be advised that data collection to the computer at the JPLM station has become inoperable. We are working within our currently limited options to have functionality restored. Apologies of the outage. We appreciate your patience and understanding. We will back-post data that may have remained available on the receiver from the outage period.
Best regards and good health.
Dave

PADOT

Mar 23, 2020

NGS:
We are reporting that NGS CORS, PAMS and YORK are down due to temporary facility closures during the pandemic. PennDOT is officially assigned to Telework statewide. We will check on these sites and power them back on, when we are able to conduct field activities. I suspect the GPS Receivers are running, but the computers are offline.
All other sites are operational at this time.
Regards, Stephen M. Moore, PLS

NEBB - Broken Bow, NE

Feb 27, 2020

We need to have CORS NEBB taken offline at this time, antenna has been moved due to construction at location. We will submit proposed CORS information at a later date.
Scott Haynes - NDOT

We shall decommission NEBB from the CORS network.
Fran - NGS

TMG2 - Table Mountain, CO

Feb 12, 2020

Another power outage at TMGO which will affect the TMG2 receiver. Will occur on Monday, 2/17/2020.

MNTL - Twin Lakes, MN

Jan 27, 2020

It appears the antenna mast at MNTL has been knocked to the ground around day 020. The local POC is sending out a field crew, to evaluate. We will decommission MNTL if field crew confirms disturbance to the antenna mast.
Fran Coloma - NGS

NEW Puerto Rico Coordinates

Jan 23, 2020

Some of the Puerto Rican stations have new coords. For example
https://geodesy.noaa.gov/cgi-cors/CorsSidebarSelect.prl?site=p780
https://geodesy.noaa.gov/cgi-cors/CorsSidebarSelect.prl?site=prgy
https://geodesy.noaa.gov/cgi-cors/CorsSidebarSelect.prl?site=prjc
https://geodesy.noaa.gov/cgi-cors/CorsSidebarSelect.prl?site=prmi
and perhaps others as we get more data.

WVTA and WVSH

Jan 23, 2020

No changes to report at the current time. I think the reason it's been up and down so much lately has to do with the internet service in that area. As soon as we figure out the exact problem I'll let you know, but hopefully it will be more stable going forward.
Thanks, James Underwood

DP3A - Naperville, IL

Jan 22, 2020

I ended up taking the unit with me Jan 7th. There seems to be an issue with the license keys somehow. I have reached out to Leica and hope to have a resolution shortly. Once I have the licensing sorted out I will reinstall the unit.
Thank you, Jon Pesek, GNSS Network Manager, Kara Company Inc.

ALDOT - Florida Panhandle sites

Jan 13, 2020

Good morning!
For those of you in the panhandle of Florida,
ALDOT (Alabama Department of Transportation) will be upgrading software and will have their sites off line in the afternoons of today and tomorrow.(Monday 13th, and Tuesday 14th) This will affect those of you who work in the panhandle along the border of the state.
This should allow you to get work done on both days but be ready for the outages over the next two days in the afternoons.
Again for the FLORIDA PANHANDLE only, you may experience network issues if you are working along the state borderline during the afternoon today and tomorrow (1/13 & 1/14)
R. Wade Seymore - ALDOT

WYLC - Cheyenne, WY

Jan 13, 2020

Unfortunately CORS WYLC, in Cheyenne, WY, went down due to a power outage on 21 Dec 2019, and was not noticed and brought back online until 8 Jan 2020, however, the device is still experiencing issues. I'm working to get this station back up and running ASAP, and will notify you once it is.
Thanks, Ben