Announcements
Trial Version of the New NGS Map Tool is now Available:
http://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/googletest/NGSMap/NGSMap.shtml
2012 Geospatial Summit
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will host the second Geospatial Summit on Improvements to the National Spatial Reference System at the Survey Summit and Esri User Conference in San Diego, California in July 2012...more
Notice: The updates to NGS Datasheet Format are now in effect as of 5/01/2012
In response to stakeholder and NGS staff concerns, NGS has developed several modifications to the format of the NGS datasheet—the primary method for accessing the passive control network of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS)...more
NGS Releases Beta LOCUS for Testing
NGS has released a Beta version of the Leveling Online Computations User Service, LOCUS, for a 90-day comment period. Through the end of March 2012, NGS is requesting our stakeholders and constituents to test their leveling projects with LOCUS and provide feedback to us at...more
NGS Announces New Photo Submission Guidelines:
http://geodesy.noaa.gov/web/surveys/photo_submissions/
NGS Releases Final Report for Floodplain Mapping Pilot Project
As NGS moves closer to 2022 and replacing the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), NGS is interacting closely with agencies that use the datums to assist in the transition...more
Trial Version of the New NOAA Shoreline Data Explorer Available:
http://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/shoreline_raster
A 2009 independent study shows the benefits to the U.S. economy from NOAA's positioning products and services are in the billions of dollars.
Click here for a one page overview of the study
Click here for a copy of the full report
In The News
05/10/2012 - NGS Presents at International Federation of Surveyors Working Week 2012 Conference
From May 6-10, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) represented the United States at the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Week 2012 conference in Rome...more
04/19/2012 - NGS Provides Training to NERR Staff on Accurate Positioning Methods
This week the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is providing training to staff from six National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from across the country at the NGS training facility in Corbin, Virginia...more
04/12/2012 - U.S. and Canada Agree to Joint North American Height Datum
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey and Natural Resources Canada have agreed, in writing, to develop a common vertical reference system in North America that establishes a common definition of "zero height."...more
