- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
- First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
First TERIA GNSS station installed in Saint-Barthélémy
TERIA is the first network to install its station in Saint-Barthélémy
The installation of a GNSS station on the island of Saint-Barthélémy was one of TERIA’s key projects for 2019.
… A promise is a promise. On 5 June, TERIA installed the first station on the roof of the Weather Centre building in Gustavia.
A new station in the Antilles
The aim of the TERIA network is to offer users a service of general interest by providing ” a real-time GNSS positioning service with centimetre accuracy” This is how the project to install a station is described in the agreement for temporary occupation of the public domain constituting rights in rem drawn up by the Saint Barthélémy local authority.
Last January, someone from TERIA’s technical department made an initial site visit to prepare the installation file. It was also an opportunity to meet the representative of the overseas collectivity of Saint Barthélémy, Mr Bruno MAGRAS. This initial contact was made possible thanks to the Institut Géographique National(IGN), an institutional partner. A unique public/private partnership between TERIA and the IGN was agreed from the outset, guaranteeing the labelling of the data required for the technical operation of the network. In return, this agreement provides for TERIA station data to be made available on the RGP website. This partnership was recently renewed (see article: Renewal of the EXAGONE-IGN partnership).
As a reminder, the TERIA network comprises more than 200 stations spread across the whole of France, making up the largest quantitative network in the permanent GNSS network (RGP), which currently comprises 526 stations.
A 100% operational station
The installation site was submitted by the local authority, which offered us the roof of the Saint Barthélémy meteorological centre building. This proposal speeded up the signing of the agreement. Six months later, the very first TERIA station appeared. After just three days, our experts’ observations and analyses showed that the GNSS station was stable and therefore 100% operational.
To make the station officially active, the IGN carries out a period of observations, which is essential to certify the quality and reliability of the station’s data. This period generally lasts 3 weeks. After validation by the IGN, the station is listed in the form of a “station sheet”. This identity sheet contains the coordinates of the station, the equipment, the quality of the site and its data, and the time series.
Today, the Saint-Barthélémy GNSS station appears under the name: GSTV (available on the IGN website).
