Papua New Guinea - Geodetic Monitoring Site
Site ID
MORE
Station Location
Port Moresby
Station Number
PSM 15832
Station Address
National Mapping Bureau, Waigani
WGS-84 Station Coordinates (from GPS display)
Latitude
S 9°26'02".7599
Longitude
E 147°11'12".2069
Ellipsoidal Ht
116.707m
SITE OWNERSHIP
Owner / Authority
PNG Department of Lands, National Mapping Bureau
Site Contact/s
Omani Rei, Director of NMB
Robert Rosa, Senior Geodesist, NMB
Wesley Loratung, Senior Technical Officer, NMB
Address:
National Mapping Bureau
P.O. Box 296,
Waigani, N.C.D.
Papua New Guinea
Phone: (675) 327 6459, 327 6467, 327 6967
Fax: (675) 327 6460
E-mail: natmap@datec.com.pg
http://www.natmap.gov.pg NMB Web-site
STATION DESCRIPTION
Station marker
Standard Brass Plaque set in concrete, with antenna tower
erected above mark.
Inscription
15832
Reference marks
Witness marks
Azimuth marks
Station constructed by/date
NMB
CO-LOCATED DORIS STATION
MORA DORIS Station
IDA - International DORIS Service
special instructions
Site soil / Geology
SITE ACCESS
Mark is located in yard of NMB, Waigani
SITE FACILITIES
Power
Mains power provided with limited UPS facility.
Shelter
Accommodation
SITE DIAGRAMS
Access map
(Note that UBD copies don't mark the new freeway opened in 1999)
Port Moresby 1:50,000 Topo map showing location of NMB and GSPNG
NMB Location and access from Boroko, Waigani and Airport
GSPNG Location and access from Town and Gordons
NMB Location and access from Waigani and UPNG
Site diagram
site photographs (October 2003)
MORE (PSM 15832) Station Mark
MORE (PSM 15832) Station mark from above
MORE (PSM 15832) Antenna tower
MORE (PSM 15832) Antenna
MORE (PSM 15832) GPS Receiver
MORE (PSM 15832) GPS Receiver rear panel
MORE (PSM 15832) GPS Receiver rear panel (2)
MORE DORIS Beacon (taken from GPS Antenna Tower)
Elevation mask
OCCUPATION SUMMARIES
Semi-continuous operation since 1993
Last updated: 26th November 2003
Richard Stanaway
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University