Synop Information for 03808 in Camborne, ENG, United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 50° 13' 6" N (deg min sec), 50.2183° (decimal), 5013.10N (LORAN)
Longitude: 5° 19' 39" W (deg min sec), -5.3276° (decimal), 00519.65W (LORAN)
Elevation: 87 metres (285 feet) -- validated against 85 metres (279 feet) from Google
Location: Camborne, ENG, United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland

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The location information for this site was gathered from 5 data sources. This position has been modified based on user feedback. The user provided this information: Standard Met Office site layout located at some kind of gov. site. GE.

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There are no photographs of the station. If you have pictures of this location, then please email them to 03808@photo.gladstonefamily.net.

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Neighboring Stations

This is a list of stations that are close to this station.

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SiteDistanceLocation
CW984946.0 milesWest Isles of Scilly, UK (lat 49.9607°, long -6.2840°, altitude 30 metres) (data present)
FW329649.3 milesNortheast Kelly Bray, UK (lat 50.5212°, long -4.3165°, altitude 196 metres) (data present)
FW691549.6 milesNortheast Kelly Bray, UK (lat 50.5237°, long -4.3107°, altitude 179 metres) (data present)
DW803953.9 milesEast Plymouth, UK (lat 50.4062°, long -4.1437°, altitude 93 metres) (data present)
GW509754.5 milesNortheast LISKEARD, GB (lat 50.9012°, long -4.7092°, altitude 165 metres) (data present)
FW234854.6 milesNortheast Bude, UK (lat 50.7913°, long -4.4738°, altitude 60 metres) (data present)
CW754956.3 milesEast Plymouth, UK (lat 50.3287°, long -4.0667°, altitude 85 metres) (data present)
FW471959.1 milesEast Yelverton, UK (lat 50.5002°, long -4.0642°, altitude 197 metres) (data present)
EW634374.4 milesEast Totnes, UK (lat 50.4297°, long -3.6758°, altitude 19 metres) (data present)
CW405286.0 milesNortheast Ilfracombe, UK (lat 51.2033°, long -4.1295°, altitude 53 metres) (data present)

Location Formats

The location is shown in three different formats. Each of these is used in some software, and is shown on some websites.

Degrees Minutes Seconds: VWS/VWSAPRS, WeatherLink 5.5, WeatherLink (5.2-5.4), WeatherView (Linux)

Decimal degrees: FreeWX, WeatherView32 (PC application)

LORAN: WeatherDisplay, WUHU, Henriksen WServer

Resources

CWOP Home: This describes the whole CWOP program and has a large amount of useful information.

CWOP Siting Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Another CWOP Guide (PDF): This is another guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Urban Siting and Operations (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station in an urban environment.

APRS WX Message format: This describes the actual format of the messages transmitted that carry WX information.

WXQC Mailing List: This is a mailing list where data quality issues are discussed. Assistance with software configuration can often be found here.

Topo Map Reading Guide: How to read USGS topographic maps, with a good section on reading contours.

Geographically nearby web pages: Use Geourl to find web pages that deal with locations geographically close to this site.


Overall website comments, problems etc to Philip Gladstone
Page layout last modified Sunday, 28 February 2016
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