Special Presentation: NOAA CORS Network with John Galetzka

The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at UMBC invites you to a special presentation by John Galetzka of NOAA’s Continuously Operating Reference System (CORS) Network.

UMBC is part of the CORPS Network. A GPS/GNSS base station operated by the University from the roof of the AOK Library is one of hundreds of independently operating base stations across the US that contribute continuous positional data to the CORPS Network. These base stations improve the precision of data gathered by GPS satellites, allowing us to pinpoint our locations. We leverage this information every time we navigate on our phones.
Mr. Galetzka's work involves planning, installing, and maintaining base stations across the world (in some pretty interesting places). He will be on campus to tour UMBC's facility. He generously offered to present on the CORS Network and the role of our base station plays in it to the UMBC community.

Please join us for this engaging presentation and discussion on the technology behind modern navigation and geospatial precision.