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NGS Contributes to Defining a Global Geodetic Reference Frame

Friday August 23, 2019

NGS participated in the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) meeting in New York, New York. This venue also hosted meetings of the UN-GGIM-Americas regional committee and the United Nations Subcommittee on Geodesy. Several decisions were made on how to define a Global Geodetic Reference Frame, and how to implement a Global Geodetic Center of Excellence. Involvement in these international efforts ensures that the U.S. NSRS will align with those of the nations in the region, hemisphere, and globally. As a result, NGS will be better able to assist scientific, engineering, and commercial endeavors for all of the U.S. by aligning all locations to a common and accurate positioning and measuring framework.

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