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The effects of vertical movement on NGS’s modernized 2022 NSRS

April 6, 2022

This newsletter will address estimates of vertical movement that will have to be accounted for in the new, modernized National Spatial Reference System.

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This article is tagged with CORS, GEOID2022, ITRF2014, modernized NSRS, NAPGD2022, National Geodetic Survey, National Spatial Reference System, NGS, NOAA CORS Network, upward velocities and posted in Opinions, Survey

Hurricane Ida assessment imagery and data are now available. Ida was Category 4 Atlantic hurricane from Aug. 26 to Sep. 4. (Screenshot: NOAA)

Applanix joins with NOAA on hurricane assessment imagery

December 29, 2021

Applanix, a Trimble Company, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have collaborated to provide critical information […]

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This article is tagged with aerial imagery, Applanix, Digital Sensor System, direct georeferencing, disaster management, emergency response, first responder, Hurricane Henri, Hurricane Ida, hurricanes, Lead’Air, National Geodetic Survey, NOAA and posted in Latest News, Space & Earth

Sample map of Denver region. (Image: NGS website)

A guide to the latest Beta NGS Map

December 1, 2021

On Nov. 9, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) announced the release of a new Beta NGS Map. This […]

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This article is tagged with Beta NGS Map, National Geodetic Survey, NGS Map, NOAA CORS Network, surveying, surveyors and posted in Opinions, Survey

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NGS Beta OPUS released, accepting RTK and post-processed data

October 6, 2021

On Sept. 16, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) released the latest beta version of OPUS, called Beta OPUS […]

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This article is tagged with Beta OPUS Project, Eric Gakstatter, GVX format, National Geodetic Survey, post-processing, public RTK networks, real-time network, RTK base stations, RTK data, RTN, Survey Scene and posted in Opinions, Survey

61st CGSIC meeting scheduled for Sept. 21

August 26, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) will hold the 61st […]

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This article is tagged with CGSIC meeting, Juliana Blackwell, National Geodetic Survey, NAVCEN, Navigation Center, NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Transportation and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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FIG workshop delves into Great Lakes, highlights GNSS techniques

August 4, 2021

In one of my previous columns, I described the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) plans for replacing the North […]

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This article is tagged with AAGS, Canada, FIG Commission 5, FIG Working Week 2021, Global Geodetic Reference Frame, International Great Lakes Datum, Jacob Heck, Michael Craymer, modernized NSRS, NAPGD2022, National Geodetic Survey, United States and posted in Opinions, Survey

Experimental Geoid Models 2020 (xGEOID20). (Image: NGS)

NGS releases annual experimental geoid models and gravity interpolation tools

February 3, 2021

My last column highlighted an ArcGIS web application that incorporates various datasets and data layers to assist surveyors […]

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This article is tagged with David B. Zilkoski, experimental geoid models, gravity interpolation tool, National Geodetic Survey, NGS, Survey Scene, xGeoid20 and posted in Opinions, Survey

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The year 2020 and the surveyor: What we learned

January 6, 2021

If there were ever a time to sit back and reflect on things that have happened in the […]

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This article is tagged with COVID-19, GNSS receiver, GNSS technology, Leica, Ligado, National Geodetic Survey, NGS, survey, Tim Burch, Topcon, Trimble and posted in Opinions, Survey