PIE TOWN SITE INFORMATION

SITE INFORMATION

Site Number: 229
Current Site Name: PIE TOWN
Other Site Name:
Location: PIE TOWN, NM
Geographic Region: NORTH AMERICA
Tectonic Plate: NORTH AMERICAN

Primary Scientific Purposes: MEASUREMENTS SUPPORTING THE DETERMINATION OF PLATE MOTION, PLATE STABILITY, POLAR MOTION/EARTH ROTATION, REGIONAL DEFORMATION, AND INTERCOMPARISON OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES.

Site Description: THE STATION IS LOCATED AT THE NRAO VLBA FACILITY NEAR PIETOWN. THE STATION IS 21 MILES NORTH OF DATIL, NM.

Site Topo Map: UNKNOWN

GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Geological Province: NONE

Local Geology: UNKNOWN

Comments: NONE

MONUMENT INFORMATION

Site Number: 229
Current Site Name: PIE TOWN
Location: PIE TOWN, NM
Number of Observing Monuments: 1
Surveyed into National Network? YES

Monument Number: 7234
Type of Monument: INTERSECTION OF AXES
Monument Inscription: NONE
Systems Using Monument: 25 METER VLBA ANTENNA

Latitude: N 34 18' 03.65096"
Longitude: W 108 07' 09.04376"
Elevation: 2385.940 meters
Height Above Ellipsoid: 2365.035 meters
Survey Source/Date: BFEC / 05-JAN-93
Datum/Ellipsoid: NAD83/GRS 80

Comments: NONE

Differential Coordinates FROM Observing Monument 7234 TO Reference Monuments and Other Observing Monuments

Data Source: BFEC

Differential Coordinates

 Mon.
Number         Monument Inscription              X           Y           Z

 4009   JPL/NASA GPS PIER (4009-S)              36.9162     34.8267     35.3550
  --    PIE TOWN VLBA RM 1                      60.1494     28.5862     34.6957
  --    PIE TOWN VLBA RM 2                     -69.4865   -135.7720   -208.7317
  --    PIE TOWN VLBA RM 3                    -265.2430     73.8394     -6.4496
  --    VLBI (1988)                            -29.3183   -221.1968   -309.0211

 Mon.
Number         Monument Inscription            North        East         Up

 4009   JPL/NASA GPS PIER (4009-S)              54.2468     24.2543    -16.9599
  --    PIE TOWN VLBA RM 1                      54.5143     48.2762    -18.3444
  --    PIE TOWN VLBA RM 2
  --    PIE TOWN VLBA RM 3
  --    VLBI (1988)

PIE TOWN SITE SKETCH

PREVIOUS OCCUPATION INFORMATION

Site Number: 229
Current Site Name: PIE TOWN
Location: PIE TOWN, NM

SLR OCCUPATIONS

Monument    Occupying    Occupation    Starting      Ending
 Number       System     Designator      Date         Date

No Previous Occupations

VLBI OCCUPATIONS

Monument    Occupying    Occupation    Starting      Ending
 Number       System     Designator      Date         Date

  7234       25-METER     72348601     01-JAN-88    31-DEC-99