NGS has released a Beta version of the
Leveling Online Computations User Service, LOCUS, for a 90-day comment period. Through the end of March 2012, NGS is requesting our stakeholders and constituents to test their leveling projects with LOCUS and provide feedback to us at...
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NGS has released a new
mobile Web application that makes it possible for emergency responders to access emergency response imagery in the field...
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In partnership with international colleagues and state, local, and university partners, NOAA validated an important component of the latest gravity surface model (the "geoid") in 2011 and presented initial survey results...
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From December 5-9, the National Geodetic Survey will lead an investigation at Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts into optimal installation techniques for deep rod type bench marks set in wetland sediments, as well as...
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The U.S. Geological Survey made use of NOAA's Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data for an ongoing sediment transport study of the Outer Banks...
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As NGS moves closer to 2022 and replacing the
North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), NGS is interacting closely with agencies that use the datums to assist in the transition...
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From November 7-11, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) represented the United States at an international assembly for the Ninth European Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters, held at the University of Luxembourg...
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The National Geodetic Survey's (NGS)
National Adjustment of 2011 (NA2011) Project now has a dedicated NA2011 section on the NGS website, including an updated list of
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)...
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NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) met last week in Norfolk, Virginia, and set their sights on a path forward for the coming years...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently requested assistance from the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) in their construction of a full-scale net-zero energy home...
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National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) Height Modernization Program educated partners at this fall's Great Lakes Region Height Modernization Consortium Meeting, October 13-14, in Columbus, Ohio...
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Check out the new NOS "Making Waves" audio podcast which including an interview with NGS' Chief Geodesist, and find out more about what the geoid is and how NGS staff is working to make this gravity-based global model of mean sea level a better tool to help us measure heights.
For an introduction to the podcast:
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast.html Direct link to the audio file:
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/oct11/mw101311.mp3
October 12-13, NOAA co-hosted GeoTech, the Premiere Mid-Atlantic Imagery and Geospatial Conference, with the theme of emergency preparedness and response...
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This week the National Geodetic Survey hosted the director of Chile's Military Geographic Institute and Chile's chief geodesist as part of an effort to modernize the South American nation's geodetic infrastructure...
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The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) staff recently traveled to Puerto Rico to participate in the Centennial Celebration of the University of Puerto Rico...
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Wired Magazine took note of aerial imagery collected by the NGS in the wake of Hurricane Irene. In an online article
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/irene-outer-banks/ ...
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NGS, working with NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, collaborated with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in collecting Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data over the Outer Banks, North Carolina for Hurricane Irene damage assessment surveys...
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In response to stakeholder and NGS staff concerns, NGS has developed several modifications to the format of the
NGS datasheet—the primary method for accessing the passive control network of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS)...
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The week of September 5, NGS announced the first public release of airborne gravity data as part of its Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) Project. The released data block contains airborne gravity lines collected during...
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NGS has released for public review a
prototype mobile web application (viewable only from iOS or Android mobile devices or with the latest version of Google Chrome on your desktop PC) that makes it possible for emergency responders to access emergency response imagery in the field...
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) have been using the NOAA King Air aircraft for collecting damage assessment imagery, following the destruction caused by Hurricane Irene along the east coast of the United States...
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NOAA's State Geodetic Advisor to Hawaii, Ed Carlson, is currently in Pohnpei, the largest island within the Federated States of Micronesia (Pacific Islands Region), providing accurate elevations and training to support a high-accuracy geodetic control network...
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On August 18, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) hosted a workshop, primarily for state and university partners of NGS' National Height Modernization Program (Height Mod) on the importance of tying Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data to geodetic control...
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The National Geodetic Survey's Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) Project is working with Fugro Airborne Surveys to begin an airborne gravity survey in the eastern Great Lakes...
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The National Geodetic Survey, in support of the International Earth Rotation & Reference Systems Service (IERS), is finalizing a geodetic site survey this week at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Brewster, Washington...
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On July 19, working with international colleagues and state, local, and university partners, NOAA began the process of validating an important component of the latest gravity surface model (the "geoid"). Tests performed over an approximate eight-week summer schedule will involve...
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Recent usage analysis reveals that the products and services of NOAA's Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) program have experienced more than 20 percent growth in FY11...
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This week, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) promoted technologies shaping the future of geospatial data management and analysis at the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, ESRI Survey and Engineering GIS Summit, and ESRI User Conference in San Diego, California...
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This week, National Geodetic Service (NGS) representatives rolled out the latest work on the GRAV-D Project to the international community at the 25th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) quadrennial meeting...
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From June 21-22, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) presented at the 12th Annual Coastal Mapping and Charting Technical Workshop in Baltimore, MD. NGS provided a NOAA Program Status Report, as well as a technical talk on new developments in...
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is currently installing precise positioning infrastructure and conducting fieldwork off the coast of Belize in Central America to assist the Smithsonian Institution in reconstructing sea-level change history since the last ice age. NGS will use this opportunity to...
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently announced the publication of a new book, CORS and OPUS for Engineers: Tools for Surveying and Mapping Applications, sponsored by the Geomatics Division of ASCE and the National Geodetic Survey (NGS)...
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations deployed the week of May 23 to Joplin, Missouri to collect disaster response imagery resulting from the recent catastrophic tornado that struck the area. At the request of the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Agency, NOAA's King Air aircraft collected imagery...
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As part of the National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) continuing efforts to improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), we are pleased to announce the National Adjustment of 2011 (NA2011) project...
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National Geodetic Survey's Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) airborne survey has wrapped up operations out of Fairbanks, Alaska. The survey was conducted aboard a NOAA WP-3 Hurricane Hunter. More than 150 hours were flown...
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On May 9, amidst townspeople, elected representatives, government officials, and hundreds of students, National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Director, Juliana Blackwell, and U.S. Census Bureau Director, Dr. Robert Groves, revealed the geodetic survey disc commemorating the national center of population and celebrating Plato, Missouri, as the 2010 Census U.S. center of population...
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On April 29, May 2, and May 4, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations deployed to the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas of Alabama for aerial mapping of the long string of catastrophic tornado damage in the Southeast. The imagery data was processed immediately following flights and is publicly accessible
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The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently presented a free webinar--to be repeated May 26--with over 100 registrants from across the country entitled "Modernization of the National Spatial Reference System."...
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) now has a subscription news service to keep the public informed of NGS activities. Subscribing (and unsubscribing) is easy!...
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On April 7, staff from the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations were deployed to collect data in areas of heavy flooding on the Red River in North Dakota. Data were collected with NOAA's newest King Air aircraft...
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The National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) airborne survey resumed this week aboard one of the two NOAA Hurricane Hunter WP-3D Orion aircraft...
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The National Geodetic Survey has developed a library archive of slide programs, posters, and other outreach materials publicly presented by NGS since January 2009. The archived presentation files are located
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Personnel from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) conducted U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and American Bureau of Shipping certifications the week of March 28...
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Trimble, a world-wide manufacturer of GPS products, is now featuring push-button access to accurate positions through its user interface to NOAA's precise positioning processing software...
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Newly appointed members of the Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) will participate in a two-day NOAA orientation and training on March 24-25. The Panel is composed of a diverse field of experts in hydrographic surveying, vessel pilotage, port administration, tides and currents, coastal zone management, geodesy, recreational boating, marine transportation, and academia...
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The National Geodetic Survey recently acquired a new absolute gravity meter and tested the equipment in the Gulf of Mexico. The new meter design is optimal for rugged, quick, outdoor occupations, compared with the capabilities of predecessor instruments designed for laboratory-like indoor observations...
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The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has completely reprocessed Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data collected at stations in the global network of the International GNSS Service (IGS) and in the regional network of the U.S. Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)...
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey recently released version 3.1 of its Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning (HTDP) utility for transforming coordinates across time and between spatial reference frames. HTDP 3.1 introduces improved crustal velocity models for both the contiguous United States and Alaska and...
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In its February 2011 meeting, the National Geodetic Survey Products and Services Committee unanimously voted to release the draft "NGS Guidelines for Real Time GNSS Networks" document for public comment. The work of more than 60 individuals, the goal of the RTN guidelines document is not to set standards or specifications, but rather to offer important considerations for RTN administrators, planners, and users for optimum real time GNSS positioning results...
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The National Geodetic Survey has made sharing GPS survey positions easier, thanks to an upgrade to the Online Positioning User Service (OPUS) called OPUS-Data Base (OPUS-DB), which recently hit the milestone of 3,000 marks submitted for database inclusion...
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National Geodetic Survey (NGS) scientists provided educational presentations on products and services, including Height Modernization, Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D), Vertical Datum Transformation Tool (VDatum), Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning (HTDP), crustal motion modeling, and Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying at the recent 2011 Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference in Anchorage...
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On The National Geodetic Survey completed test flights of the new RIEGL USA CP680i-D Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and LiDAR-Acquisition System...
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On February 5, the National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) California State Geodetic Advisor gathered 22 surveyors from the local community to view NGS' Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) airborne operation...
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The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently acquired a new A10 absolute gravity meter for terrestrial survey work to be used to establish gravity ties for airborne gravity surveys. NGS took possession of the meter at the end of January and is receiving training in its operation...
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From January 24-28, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is hosting and training two visiting scientists from the Geodesy and Cartography Division of the Administration of Land Affairs, Construction, Geodesy, and Cartography in Mongolia. The visit follows the 2009 trip of two NGS staff to Mongolia in support of the Property Rights Project of the Millennium Challenge Account...
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On January 11, the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee, led by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), updated its parent committee, the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), on its accomplishments, activities, and plans. The FGDC is an interagency committee that promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis...
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In early January, two cartographers from the National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) Field Operations Branch in Norfolk, VA, conducted an airport obstruction survey at the Miami International Airport for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The survey-the first following a 12-month lapse in field survey operations-is being performed by NGS in an effort to maintain the ability to conduct aeronautical surveys...
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Beginning January 1, 2011, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will cease accepting all orders and classes of data from triangulation and traverse geodetic surveys, as described in the Federal Geodetic Control Committee September 1984 "Standards and Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks," for inclusion into the NGS Integrated Data Base (NGSIDB)....
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NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently accepted delivery of a RIEGL USA CP680i-D Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and LiDAR-Acquisition System. The new system will allow NGS' Remote Sensing Division to extract shoreline for Nautical Charting more quickly and accurately...
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NGS has updated its
Height Modernization program website...
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