The Australian Regional GPS Network
                           Bob Twilley
                  AUSLIG, Canberra, Australia
                                
  
  
  The Australian Regional GPS Network (ARGN) consists of fifteen 
permanent, geodetic quality GPS receivers, on geologically stable marks, in Australia and its offshore
  Territories. It serves two major purposes - it provides the fundamental framework for
  spatial data in Australia and it provides data for Australia's contribution to global geodesy
  programs and the study of earth processes such as crustal dynamics and sea level
  monitoring. 
  
  This paper will briefly describe the development of the ARGN, including site selection
  and monumentation and will follow with a detailed description of its current operation,
  including site equipment, communications, data flow and data quality. An overview of
  future developments in the area of high rate and rapid data products, network
  densification and other projects such as contribution to IGEX and Sea Level
  monitoring.