NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) presented several sessions at the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Annual Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA...
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NGS' Remote Sensing Division acquired imagery following the Nor'easter that struck the Virginia and North Carolina coast the week of November 9th:
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/nov09_ne/...
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) provided the core content of a recent four-day workshop in Rockford, Illinois the week of November 9. Held in partnership with the Illinois State Geological Survey and the Illinois Dept of Transportation, the first day of the workshop consisted of a briefing on NOAA's National Height Modernization Program, as well as...
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Representatives from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Field Operations Branch participated in two airfield surveys for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) the first week of November...
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From October 27 to 30, The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) hosted 25 participants for Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Processing System workshop...
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From October 21-23, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) hosted the 2009 Workshop on Monitoring North American Geoid Change at NOAA's David Skaggs facility in Boulder, CO...
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The National Geodetic Survey recently hosted two successful Webinars on Global Positioning System-derived heights...
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) co-hosted GeoTech, the Premiere Mid-Atlantic Imagery and Geospatial Conference, in conjunction with the Potomac Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing...
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During the week of September 20, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) participated in the Eighth International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (ICAG)...
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On September 23, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey, Office of Coast Survey, and Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, traveled to Duluth, MN, to provide presentations to Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) members...
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NGS announces the release of the 2009 geoid models, USGG2009 and GEOID09...
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From August 29 to September 5, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) participated in the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) meeting...
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Staff from the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) and colleagues from the University of Luxembourg and the University of Colorado take measurements of absolute gravity in Yellowstone National Park to better understand the source of the large volcanic uplift rates...
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Teams will be working from ships, aircraft, and land, to bring Alaskans accurate data used to support safe maritime transportation, protect coastal communities, assess fisheries and critical marine habitats, and better understand the Bay.
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After an extensive period of internal and external review on the original draft, a final version was approved by the NGS Executive Steering Committee. It is available
here.
Recent media reports incorrectly stated that the Four Corners survey monument - marking the point where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah intersect - is in the wrong place. In fact, the monument is in exactly the right place.
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A readjustment of all Global Positioning System (GPS) survey
control in the United States was completed in 2007 by the National
Geodetic Survey (NGS).
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This February, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is celebrating
the 15th anniversary of the Continuously Operating Reference
Station (CORS) program.
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NGS has released for public comment a draft guidelines document
detailing procedures for making precise and accurate connections
between Surface Elevation Table (SET) wetland bench marks and the
National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) using survey-grade Global
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology.
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NGS has released Beta models for GEOID09 and USGG2009 for testing
and evaluation . Final models will be released later this year
after incorporating any changes to the control data.
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Juliana P. Blackwell has been named the new director of NOAA's
Office of Na tional Geodetic Survey where she will oversee NOAA's
responsibilities for the nation's spatial reference system.
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NGS invites you to review and comment on the Draft NGS Strategic
Plan available
here.
As shown on the flyer, please email comments to
ngs.feedback@noaa.gov, with
reference to Strategic Plan by October 1st, 2008.
NGS hosted the IGS Analysis Center Workshop 2008 in Miami Beach
during 2-6 June 2008. All of the available presentations (oral and
poster) have been posted
here.
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey recently released version 3.0 of
the HTDP software for transforming positional coordinates and/or
geodetic observations across time and between spatial reference
frames....
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NGS has released for public comment the draft of single-base
real-time positioning techniques, procedures and technical
information to help users achieve accurate, consistent coordinates
for their real-time applications. NGS is currently working on
subsequent releases of additional guidelines for the users and
administrators of real-time networks (RTN), especially in regard to
the importance of keeping them aligned to the NSRS.
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Beginning June 15th, 2008, NGS will only accept projects which have
been adjusted to the current realization* of the NAD 83 in the
survey area.
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A new FAQ page has been added
here.
After an extensive review of stakeholder feedback on the original
draft of the NGS 10 year plan, a final version was created and
approved by the NGS Executive Steering Committee.
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The GRAV-D project is an ambitious proposal to collect the
necessary gravity data over the United States which supports the
re-definition of the vertical datum by 2017, as described in the
NGS 10 year plan. Click
here for details.
The following modifications to the data sheets have been
implemented.
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