WRS stands for Wide area Reference Station. It's a ground-based facility that gathers the raw GPS data that's used for WAAS corrections.
There are a couple dozen WRS locations around North America. They have precisely known locations that can be used to measure the moment-to-moment accuracy of the GPS system.
Data from each WRS is sent to the WMS (wide area master station), where WAAS correction information is generated.
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