City of Madison - File #: 52106

• File #: 52106
• Version: 1
• Name: Authorizing the City Engineer to Execute WISCORS Cooperative Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/15/2018
• In control: BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
• On agenda: 7/10/2018
• Final action: 7/10/2018
• Enactment date: 7/13/2018
• Enactment #: RES-18-00517
• Title: Authorizing the City Engineer to Execute WISCORS Cooperative Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
• Sponsors: Mark Clear

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/10/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
6/20/2018	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
6/19/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
6/15/2018	1	Engineering Division	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No Appropriation Required
Title
Authorizing the City Engineer to Execute WISCORS Cooperative Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Body
PREAMBLE
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Geodetic Surveys Unit developed/manages a statewide Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reference station network, called the Wisconsin Continuously Operating Reference Stations (WISCORS) Network. This network currently consists of over 98 permanent GNSS reference stations that provide GNSS corrections to mobile users in real-time. Mobile users properly equipped to take advantage of these GNSS corrections can position in the field to the 2 centimeter accuracy level in real-time.
The mission of the WisDOT Geodetic Surveys Unit is to apply state-of-the art methods of precise positioning and advanced geodetic techniques to establish and maintain the horizontal and vertical geodetic control infrastructure across the state of Wisconsin. A principal objective in that mission is the establishment and operation of a permanent GNSS CORS network in Wisconsin.
The WISCORS Network provides the following benefits: it eliminates the need and cost for another receiver to act as a base; it eliminates the resource time associated with equipment setup at the base site; it greatly enhances consistency of coordinate determination; it reduces the need for permanent monumentation on a local level; and reliability and redundancy is ensured.
The WisDOT Geodetic Surveys Unit partnered with the federal government (NOAA-NGS ), state and local government agencies, and multiple educational institutions in the development, implementation and operation of the system. Through cooperative agreements, host site partners like the City of Madison, have agreed to contribute facilities, power, and access to high-speed internet service. WisDOT has supplied nearly all of the GNSS hardware, all of the materials and supplies needed to constru...