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GPS Base Station Disclaimer
The Town of Amherst Engineering Department in Amherst, NY collects the Global Positioning System digital data found on this website. Neither the Town nor their employees, make any warranty, for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any GPS differential information. Town of Amherst is providing this information in good faith and shall in no event be liable for any lost profits, and special, indirect or consequential damages to any party, arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data hereon or the services provided. Furthermore, the Town of Amherst reserves the right to change, revise, or otherwise discontinue published data and/or these services at any time without further notice.
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Contact Information
If you should have any questions or require additional information, please contact Christopher Schregel at 631.7154 or by email.
GPS Site Information
Location: Town of Amherst, New York
Organization: Town of Amherst
Station Name: TOA1
Latitude: 42° 59' 12.46256" (N)
Longitude: 078° 45' 52.49923" (W)
Ellipsoidal Height: 153.26 m
GPS Receiver Specifications
Receiver Model: Trimble 4700
Manufacturer: Trimble Navigation
Elevation Mask: 10 Degrees
Logging Interval: 5 Second
Collection Time: 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
Rollover: Hourly
GPS Antenna Specifications
Antenna: Micro Centered L1/L2 with groundplane
Manufacturer: Trimble Navigation
Antenna Location: Engineering Department Roof
Base Station Timeline
Date Installed: July 2002
Adjusted by the NGS: September 2002
Joined Cooperative CORS: October 2004
Naming Convention
abcd365x.zip, where abcd is the station name, 365 is the GPS day, and x is the hour letter in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). The file is compressed in a zip format. Pkunzip or Winzip software is required to unzip and expand into observation, navigation, and meteorological files.
Data Storage
Data files are stored in an File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site and are stored as the following (file sizes are approimate):
RINEX (The Receiver Independent Exchange Format Version 2.10) – 195 Kb
DAT – 220 Kb
SSF – 120 Kb
ALMANAC – 2 Kb
CORS - Service Disruptions and Announcements
The Town of Amherst CORS is currently out of service.
Additional Base Station Information
Base Station Photos
Links
Engineering Department
1100 N Forest Rd
Williamsville,
NY
14221
(716)
631-7154
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Mon-Fri)
Engineering Department
Engineering Support Division
Sewer Maintenance Division
Water Pollution Control Division
Environmental Control
Engineering Services Division
Armstrong, Brian
Director of Engineering Services
716-631-7154 ext.
7412
Boudreau, Jessica
Project Manager
716-631-7154 ext.
7427
Hitzel, Michael
Architect
716-631-7154 ext.
7069
Pontikos, Asher
GIS Analyst
716-631-7154 ext.
7415
Schregel, Chris
Project Manager
716-631-7154 ext.
7416
Sewer Maintenance Division
Reberholt, Vaishali
Assistant Town Engineer
716-631-7154 ext.
7421
Burow, Sarah
Senior Engineer Assistant
716-631-7154
Goldstein, Noemi
Messenger
716-631-7154 ext.
7422
Princess, Brian
General Crew Chief
716-631-7154 ext.
7434
Wastewater Treatment Facility
Colter, Quinton
Pretreatment Coordinator
716-691-9771 ext.
8028
Burroughs, Jeffrey
Town Engineer
716-631-7154 ext.
7418
Suszynski, Jerome
Assistant Plant Superintendent
716-691-9771 ext.
8036
Abramo, Joe
Electronics Technician
Barnes, Brian
Senior GIS Analyst
716-631-7154 ext.
7069
Berger, Corey
Senior Electrician
Dean, W. Tom
Purchasing Agent
716-691-9771 ext.
8041
Hoose, Richard
Electronics Technician
Poslinski, Michael
Senior Engineer Assistant
716-691-9771 ext.
8045
Process Control
Process Control
716-691-9771 ext.
8015
Rink, Richard
Project Manager
Russell, Crystal
Accounts Payable
716-691-9771 ext.
8010
Struzik, Gregory
Network Coordinator
716-691-4331 ext.
8025
Tirone, Mark
Chief Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator
716-691-9771 ext.
8017
Vaillancourt, Andrew
Senior Electrician
716-691-9771 ext.
8053
Citizen’s Guide to Identifying and Preventing Stormwater Pollution
The Town of Amherst is a MS4 Community and together with the Western New York Stormwater Coalition, Amherst is providing this Citizen’s Guide to help identify and prevent stormwater pollution. Please see the attached document for helpful tips on understanding illicit discharges and things you can do to protect water quality. For questions or to report an issue, email sburow@amherst.ny.us. Thank you for doing your part to keep our water clean!
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