Thursday, January 27, 2011

Mongolian Scientists Visit NOAA for Training

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 to assess Mongolia's surveying capabilities and to make recommendations regarding geodetic infrastructure and remote sensing to support their land privatization system. The guests are receiving training on the operation and management of NGS' Continuously Operating Reference Stations, modernization of their geodetic control network (including height modernization), computation of datum transformation models, and access to NGS' Online Positioning User Service. For more information, contact Aria Remondi.