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NGS, Canadian Geodetic Survey Coordinate Modernization of Reference Systems

Friday, November 22, 2019

Scientists from NGS and the Canadian Geodetic Survey (CGS) met to discuss the coordinated modernization of the American National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) and the Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS) by 2022. This meeting continued the technical collaboration required for both countries to provide consistent geodetic reference frames across North America. Discussions ranged across technical and policy arenas, with a number of decisions reached. NGS and CGS agreed to choose an industry standard grid format for all gridded products and services from both agencies, and further agreed to a variety of naming and nomenclature decisions which should make cross-border work more seamless in the future.

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