Notices

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New Release: Beta Version of NGS Datasheet Shape File Format, 04.10.2013

NGS Announces Release of Geodetic Data from Geoid Slope Validation Survey 2011 (GSVS11), 02.01.2013

NGS Releases Updated Ten-Year Strategic Plan 2013-2023, 01.24.2013

NGS Announces Joint Beta Release of GEOCON and GEOCON11, 01.18.2013

NGS updates "Bluebooking" process for GPS projects, 11.27.2012

DEFLEC12A and USDOV2012 Models Released, 10.19.2012

GEOID12A Model Released, 09.11.2012

In The News

05/09/2013 - New Functionality Allows Surveyors to Take an Active Role in Future Enhancements to the National Spatial Reference System

A new map provided by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) shows how GPS orthometric (heights above mean sea level) height accuracies vary across the United States and facilitates collaboration to improve height accuracies in the future. The map reveals data gaps in the current model...more

05/06/2013 - NGS Encourages Travel in Recognition of National Travel and Tourism Week, May 4-12

May 4-12 is National Travel and Tourism Week, and the theme for 2013 is the "travel effect"—the effect of travel on individuals, economies, and businesses. (See the "travel effect" website.) In recognition of National Travel and Tourism Week, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) would like to share a couple of ways we, as part of NOAA, contribute to and encourage travel and tourism...more

05/02/2013 - NGS Collaborates with State and University Partners

This week, Juliana Blackwell, Director of the National Geodetic Survey, and other National Geodetic Survey (NGS) representatives met with state and university partners in Frankfort, Kentucky, to discuss how to continue implementation of the National Height Modernization Program (NHMP)...more

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