The following page summarises the main characteristics of the network.
Purpose
To provide marks to enable cadastral surveyors to efficiently connect to, and orient in terms of, the official geodetic datum
Density
Across North Island, South Island, Stewart Island/Rakiura
Sufficient to ensure that 98%* of submitted cadastral survey datasets include a witness or permanent reference mark with order 6 or better
Accuracy
Order: 5 (horizontal only)
Tier: C (0.15 m)
Class: VIII (0.01 m, 5x10-5m/m)
Class evaluation radius: 0.3 km (urban), 1 km (rural)
Mark characteristics
Campaign GNSS
Conventional observations
Location
Sited so that surveyors can easily and safely locate and occupy
Suitable for collecting GNSS observations
Mark access
Physical access to marks to collect GNSS observations
Visible from afar to enable conventional observations
* This is a progressive target that will be achieved by 1 January 2013. In the interim the compliance levels are: 89% 1 January 2010, 92% 1 January 2011, 95% 1 January 2012.