The BCACSm is a system which provides GPS corrections in post-mission and real-time using the standardized Provincial coordinate system NAD83 (CSRS). Real-time accuracy levels range from approximately 1m (using RTCM code corrections and a mapping grade GPS receiver) to centimetre level (using dual frequency survey grade receivers). It provides users with the ability to survey and layout points, accurate to a few centimetres, instantaneously.

BCACSm has been implemented in the following municipal areas:

 

In addition to the BCACSm - CRD Service, other regional governments and municipalities (e.g. Kelowna, Kamloops, Prince George, Comox-Strathcona Regional District, etc.) are in the planning stages and are expected to soon follow the lead of the Capital Regional District and the MV.

BCACSm Capital Regional District

The Capital Regional District (CRD) and Crown Registry and Geographic Base (CRGB) Branch are working in partnership with selected private companies to run and maintain this system to support high precision real-time GPS applications within the CRD.

The BC ACSm - CRD provides the capability to acquire precise control anywhere within the CRD without the requirement to have two GPS receivers or using  costly traversing to bring control in from distant monuments. All the user needs is a single GPS receiver capable of achieving the accuracy they require, and an off-the-shelf radio receiver. Subscriptions to the correction signal can be obtained from the CRD.

Goals, Objectives, and Vision of BCACSm - CRD

The principal goals of the BC ACSm - CRD are:

"the establishment of a high accuracy and consistent real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) based geospatial referencing system in the Capital Region District, in support of surveying, engineering, mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), land information management, socio-economic data capture and management, and precise vehicular location and navigation operations in the region"

Click here to view a white paper outlining the development and vision behind the system which was presented at GIS 2001 in Vancouver, on February 22, 2001.

View a PDF format brochure (325 KB) explaining the system.

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