Useful GPS Coordinates Near Langmuir Lab ====== === =========== ==== ======== === R.Sonnenfeld Version 0.2 5/10/2005 Collected from notebooks but not checked Version 1.0 6/20/2006 GPS Readings repeated and checked. All #'s are direct GPS readings, rounded to a reasonable # of decimal places. GPS provides geodetic (rather than geocentric) coordinates. GPS uses WGS-84 which in turn references as sea-level the GRS80 reference ellipsoid. This ellipsoid was chosen to have same volume as the "geoid" (the average position of actual sea-level on the Earth). However the reference ellipsoid is a true and perfect ellipsoid with semi-major axis (at the equator) of 6378.1 km, and a semi-minor axis (to the poles) of 6356.7 km. For our calculations use R-earth=6380 km and assume a sphere. 1 degree latitude =111.352 km Assume Lat=34.000 degrees, cosine(34.0)=0.8290375 1 degree longitude=92.315 km 1 meter approx 1E-5 degrees. Langmuir Lab Annex 33.97521 N 107.18113 W 3255.9 meters [confirmed 6/2006] 33.9753322 N -107.18092 W 3256.00 [Checked against Google maps ... is center of annex observation window] 10 and 20 km due South of Langmuir Lab Annex 33.88540 N and 33.79560 N and 107.18113 W Langmuir Lab Balloon Hangar (7 paces N of main doors - cement pad) [conf 6/06] 33.98225 N 107.18820 W 3226.4 meters Langmuir Lab Balloon Hangar (theodolite pad)--verified 7/2005 [conf 6/06] 33.98225 N 107.18860 W 3230.0 meters Langmuir Lab Balloon Hangar (Radome)--verified 7/2005 [conf 6/06] 33.98191 N 107.18838 W 3226.0 meters Langmuir Lab West Knoll 33.97825 N 107.1939 W 3163 meters The altitude is taken from the LMA station at West Knoll. The coordinates are tweaked slightly because the interferometer is closer to the trailer than the LMA is. This location is where the digital interferometer operated Summer 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. Pound Ranch (location of 2nd INTF) 34.0902 N 107.0895 W 1843 meters Kivas (upper) Measured [6/2006] 33.99097 N 107.18802 W 3288.0 meters Kivas (lower) Measured [6/2006] 33.99062 N 107.18806 W 3285.0 meters Ft. Craig (LMA) from LMA.loc file 33.99062 N 107.18806 W 3285.0 meters Point 00 33.99052 N 107.15342 W 2751.2 Point 0 33.99303 N 107.14426 W 2480.6 m Workman Center Roof (CHECKED 2007) 34.06617 N 106.90744 W 1432.0 m 34 03' 58.2" 106 54' 26.8" Socorro Tech Hill (KNMSOCOR2 weather station - wunderground.com) 34.062 N 106.908 W 1426.5 m Socorro (Calle de Largo) (KNMSOCOR1 weather station - wunderground.com) 34.071 N 106.910 W 1409.0 m