Trimble GPS Base Station

Integrated Communication Systems (Pvt) Ltd, operates a Trimble Base Station in Colombo 03,. The system includes a 12-channel receiver capable of tracking 12 satellites simultaneously. ICS uses the Trimble base station along with a Trimble Pathfinder Pro-XL receiver for data collection. The products provide GPS base data files for post processing of Trimble GPS Field Data.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a series of 24 satellites orbiting around the globe operated and maintained by the U.S.  Department of Defense (DOD).

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Information about our site:

• LAT 06 deg 54 min 12.1880 sec N
• LON 79 deg 51 min 29.9353 sec E
• Antenna - Trimble Compact L1 with no ground plane mounted on 50 ft. tower
• PFCBS SOFTWARE
• Pathfinder Receiver Firmware v3.08
• Position Logging Rate 1 seconds
• Synced Msmt 5 seconds
• Elevation Mask 10 degrees
• SNR Mask 6
• PDOP SW 6
• PDOP Mask 6
• Grid Northing 4167832.41 11S Easting 328337.40

The station operates 24 hours, 7 days per week. Hourly data files are available at  ftp://ftp.icslk.com/ which can be down loaded. The data is retained for 30 Days.

For Your login Information please Contact ICS.

The file naming convention is as follows: aymmddhh.ssf where

• A is the first letter of the base station file
• y is the last digit of the year - 4 for 2004, 5 for 2005, etc.
• mm is a two digit month number - 01 for Jan, 11 for November, etc.
• dd is a two digit day number - 01 for first day, 09 for ninth day, etc.
• hh is a two digit hour indicator. The hours is based on GPS time (approx GMT).
• 00 to 23 for hh represents first hour through last hour.
• file extension is always .SSF

For more information contact:

Ananda or Suresh

Integrated Communication Systems (pvt) Ltd

39 2/2 Alfred Place

Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.

Telephone (+9411)2500080 or (+9411)2596697 ,

Fax (+9411)2501259

E Mail : info@icslk.com or Ananda_ics@sltnet.lk