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NGS Featured in Article on Modernizing Nation's Positioning System


Friday June 5, 2020


black and white cover image for NY time article depicting surveying. One surveyor is taking measurements in the water while another watches from the cliff above

To explain the value of the NGS effort to modernize the nation's coordinate system to the public, NGS Director Juliana Blackwell, NGS chief geodesist Dan Roman, and a former NGS director were interviewed by the New York Times. The article breaks down how recalibrating the position of the United States on the Earth's surface and taking into account the effects of gravity on heights will not only be of significant benefit to surveyors, engineers, construction workers, and everyone who uses GPS, but will usher in a new era of scientific breakthroughs and innovations in fields like early warning systems for natural hazards, autonomous vehicle navigation, precision agriculture, and coastal wetland monitoring.

For more information, contact: Dan Roman