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NGS Participates in Multinational Meetings

Friday September 25, 2020

NGS representatives, including NGS Director Juliana Blackwell and Chief Geodesist Dan Roman, participated in both the AmeriGEO and UN-GGIM: Americas meetings, as well as a joint meeting between the two groups. The AmeriGEO initiative focuses on practical implementation of earth observations in the Americas. UN-GGIM: Americas is a United Nations intergovernmental organization supporting governmental collaboration for geospatial data in the Americas. These groups promote education, training, and capacity building; they also develop standards and governance related to a common geospatial framework. A highlight of the meetings was the establishment of a new working group to implement a common Geospatial Reference Frame for the Americas, to which NGS will contribute via its efforts to modernize the National Spatial Reference System. Also discussed were areas where the U.S. can support capacity building, especially in the Caribbean region for the CariGEO initiative.

For more information, contact: Dan Roman