>The fiducial station for the network was the control point, TEGU. >TEGU was GPS surveyed by DMA in July,1994 and is a IGN monument >located in Tegucigalpa stamped "GPS Base, 1994". DMA released a >report, "Geodetic Network Survey, Honduras GPS WGS84" signed by >Peter Rakowsky as project chief/geodesist. In the report, TEGU >has the following solution. > > XYZ: 302055.661 -6181463.897 1541192.871 >Lat, Long, HAE: 14 04 27.47815 -87 12 08.93338 970.673 > >Therefore WGS-84 is the "nominal" datum for solutions, with some >emphasis on the word "nominal". > >Jeff Phillips helped us establish all the stations and is familiar >with the general layout. Probably the easiest way to recover the >stations is with real-time DGPS. We used both the OMNISTAR and >RACAL DGPS services while in Honduras. In summary: > >Hotel Intercontinental: This is a 5/8in x 11TPI threaded rod bolted >to the east parapet on the roof of the Hotel Intercontinental. > >Choloma: An unstamped, 2in diameter brass disk epoxied into a large >concrete block in the middle of the Choloma River channel. The mark >is approximately 110m north (downstream) of the new RR bridge. > >Choluteca: An unstamped, 2in diameter brass disk epoxied into the >pavement on the surviving portion of the west ramp of the New >Choluteca Bridge. > >Olanchito: An unstamped, 2in diameter brass disk epoxied into the >pavement on the surviving portion of the east ramp of the Rio Aguan >bridge at Olanchito. About 11m from the edge of the ramp. > >Punuares: An unstamped, 2in diameter brass disk epoxied into a small, >concrete and masonry cattle tank on a rancho near the village of >Punuares. > >SABA: The monument was set by SKANSKA on surviving portion of the east >ramp of the Rio Aguan bridge at Saba. It is a 5/8in x 11TPI threaded >rod embedded in a 1.15m high, red and white concrete post. > >SIGUANTEPEQUE: An unstamped, 2in diameter brass disk epoxied into >a rock outcrop located on a hilltop approximately 1.7km east of >Siguantepeque. > >RIO AGUAN: This is a 5/8in x 11TPI threaded rod epoxied into a >concrete framework for a small building (?) on the west bank >of the Rio Aguan, adjacent to the bridge between Tacoa and >Trujillo.