Using CORS Networks in Mining

In this article, Gavin Docherty, Aptella GNSS Infrastructure Product Manager, considers the unique benefits and challenges of using CORS networks in mining. As both geographical coverage and popularity of Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Networks grows across the survey and GIS industries, so too does it offer unique benefits for Australian mining. The Australian Spatial Consortium recently released the Australian Strategic Plan for GNSS, which firmly places CORS at the centre of the overarching National approach to positioning in Australia. Due to a need for varying levels of accuracy depending on the positioning application as well as some limitations in GNSS technology, CORS is often supplemented by other technologies to provide a total solution for mine sites, large