Just curious. Did anyone who was using GNSS/Network RTK or local RTK or similar technology experience any problems from the strong atmospheric effects of recent days?
A couple of days ago there was auroral activity noticed as far south as Georgia. We saw a pretty intense display here in North Central Washington. If you are using network RTK (VRS), how did this impact your operation and your positioning results, if at all?
I would have liked to record measurement data, but sadly did not have all the receivers turned on. Would like to know if anyone was noticeably affected by it. Please discuss if you have useful information.
Thanks, BC
PS: Congrats to the world champion St Louis Cardinals, and GO BSU Broncos.
Thread Hijack - I noticed your avatar, is that you playing the Dobro?
Stephen,
yep, that's me but it isn't a Dobro. It's a National Steel guitar, (Style O). A very nice guitar. Wails like a banshee, make you weep and moan.
I Thought Lightsquared Caused The Auroras?
It has been years since we have seen auroras in this area. We saw nothing, but then again I did not take the time to get far enough away from the city lights.
I have not done any GPS lately mostly deskbound.
Paul in PA
I did some static sessions on Monday and on Friday, and despite some times when we only had 4 SVs the results were very good. The vertical comparisons between the session pairs were all .016 m or less on baselines in the 7 km range.
I did RTK work Wednesday and had to turn off Glonass to get a fix. GPS seemed to work fine. I run some subsidence monuments on a monthly basis and they checked very well with prior readings.
Stephen,
Yeah, I guess I should've said resonator guitar since Gibson owns the Dobro trademark. 😉 I'm slowly learning to play one myself. Love the sound of a resonator.
Funny, you mention this. I talked to my Leica dealer on Friday and he asked if we had problems on Wed. with GPS and the network. He said that there was apparently times in Houston when no one could get a fix and he mentioned the auroral activity maybe playing a part in it.
We saw it in northwest Tennessee. I was outside watering the horses and I saw this strange red glow to the north. To be honest, it looked like red smoke about 1000 feet away.