CNCC to build new CORS base station on Rangely campus

RANGELY — Conrad Stanley, program director of natural resources, process technology and geographic information systems (GIS) at Colorado Northwestern Community College, has for years sought ever-increasing GPS accuracy to enhance certain elements of the GIS program.
With contractors and surveyors increasing reliance upon GPS instruments for cadastral mapping and site development, major metropolitan areas such as Chicago have fully embraced these systems. However, rural areas and most academic institutions, because of limited funding, have not…