Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:44:55 +0200 (SAST) From: Ludwig Combrinck Reply-To: Ludwig Combrinck To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov cc: ludwig@hartrao.ac.za, george@hartrao.ac.za, dstowers@jpl.nasa.gov, guy@ensg.ign.fr, hydrosan@iafrica.com Subject: [IGSMAIL-3062]: New IGS station in South Africa: RBAY Message-ID: Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 19 Oct 04:51:02 PDT 2000 Message Number 3062 ****************************************************************************** Author: Ludwig Combrinck Dear IGS community A new IGS station RBAY, collocated with a tide gauge has been installed at Richardsbay on the east coast of South Africa. Approximate coordinates are: Latitude (deg min) : - 28 47 44.10600 Longitude (deg min) : 32 4 42.19680 Elevation (m) : 34.2310 A logfile has been uploaded to the IGSCB. This station was made possible through collaboration with JPL, CNES, the University of Cape Town (Geomatics Dept), the SA Navy Hydrographer and PORTNET. We are in the midst of installing another (Guy please note) station at a tide gauge in Simonstown, close to Cape Town, in collaboration with JPL, NOAA, the University of Cape Town (Geomatics Dept), the SA Navy Hydrographer and the Institute of Maritime Technology in Simonstown. Regards and a special thanks to all our collaborators. Ludwig +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ludwig Combrinck Programme Leader HartRAO Space Geodesy Programme PO BOX 443 Krugersdorp 1740 South Africa e-mail: ludwig@ludwig.hartrao.ac.za : ludwig@bootes.hartrao.ac.za Tel: +27 12 326-0742 Fax: +27 12 326-0756 IGS Regional Data Center for Africa URL: http:\\www.hartrao.ac.za\geodesy\geodesy_index.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++