Thursday, August 11, 2011

NOAA Gravity Survey to Begin in the Great Lakes

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. Fugro is providing aircraft and data acquisition support as a bridge to future data-collection contracting. Operations will begin this week from Buffalo, New York, and continue for approximately four weeks. The gravity data is critical for updating the International Great Lakes Datum which is essential to providing accurate geodetic and water-level products and services to the Great Lakes community. For more information, contact Vicki Childers.