This makes sense from a precise surveying outlook. It sure would improve GLONASS orbit data.
Politically who knows, but I won't go there.
I would suggest they be required to post their GPS and GLONASS files for OPUS use.
Paul in PA
GLONASS Monitor Station in Brazil
With any luck this should be a photo of the hardware they are constructing.
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2013/11/17/world/2-sub-gps.html
> Politically who knows, but I won't go there.
The way to overcome political objections is for them to allow several CORS to be installed in Russia.
There are already something like 13-15 GPS CORS operating in the Russian Federation as part of the IGS network -- http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/network/complete.html . They probably also track GLONASS as well. If there are any real political issues I suspect they will come from the U.S. side and most likely from those who have little, if any, real understanding of GNSS.
> There are already something like 13-15 GPS CORS operating in the Russian Federation as part of the IGS network --
Looking at the map of CORS stations in the United States I note that many are already described as "GNSS" stations as distinguished from "GPS" stations. I presume this means that they are collecting GLONASS. And that data is probably free for the downloading.
> If there are any real political issues I suspect they will come from the U.S. side and most likely from those who have little, if any, real understanding of GNSS.
If there were any political issues on the Russian side it is unlikely that they would get into general circulation. But, yes, opposition on either side would seem to be the product of ignorance and populism.
NGS has encouraged new CORS to all be GNSS compatible (right now that's just GLONASS) and for those planning capital upgrades to be GNSS capable. NGS now also provides the GLONASS data from those stations but only for your own post processing. They do not yet use the data for OPUS or another NGS positioning activities. The lack of a significant global ground tracking network is one of the several reason that GLONASS is not yet equivalent to GPS.
How About We Require Them To Be Put In Low Coverage Areas ?
We have some states where even one more CORS would be a big help.
Also require them to cover the full GNSS spectrum.
Galileo and Beidou? will be needing better orbit data also.
Paul in PA