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Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Update

Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Update. Juliana Blackwell Director, National Geodetic Survey Chair, Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee. Federal Geographic Data Committee Coordination Group Meeting Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Overview. Geodetic control: overview & evolution

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Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Update

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  1. Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Update Juliana Blackwell Director, National Geodetic Survey Chair, Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Federal Geographic Data Committee Coordination Group Meeting Tuesday, November 3, 2009

  2. Overview Geodetic control: overview & evolution FGDC interactions FGDC opportunities

  3. Source: Zurich-American Insurance Group Coordination begins with good coordinates • Geodetic control is the foundation • for all geospatial products. Geodetic Control is the critical “basemap” layer for GIS applications • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  4. National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) The NSRS is a consistent coordinate system that defines latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity, and orientation throughout the United States. One common datum for all FGDC products (yours too?) Evolving from passive to active to real-time augmentations • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  5. Location, Location, and Elevation! NGS Positioning Products Worth Billions! • Rolled-out to Congress June 15, 2009 • NSRS worth $2.4 billion per year, $22 billion over 15 years at a discounted rate. • CORS worth $758 million per year; $6.9 billion over 15 years at a discounted rate. • GRAV-D worth $522 million per year; $4.8 billion over 15 years at a discounted rate, which includes $2.2 billion for improved floodplain management. • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  6. GPS use has greatly increased • traditional FGDC products nowhave multiple uses and scales • accuracy is addictive • network accuracy or local accuracy? • what datum are YOU on? Everyone is a Geodesist • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  7. How accurate is the NSRS? NAD83 vs WGS84 vs ITRFNAVD88 vs gravimetric geoid Crustal velocitiesPassive networks are aging(instability, accessibility, loss) ITRF 00 2.2 meters NAD 83 • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  8. Geodetic Control is Evolving: the NGS 10 year plan • Approved on 8 January, 2008 • Refines mission, vision, and strategyfor the future of NGS actions. • Emphasis is on building outside capacity. • Includes: • Modernize the Geometric (“Horizontal”) Datum • Modernize the Geopotential (“Vertical”) Datum • Migrate the Coastal Mapping ProgramToward IOCM • Evolve Core Capabilities • Increase Agency Visibility The draft of that plan is available on the National Geodetic Survey’s home page: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  9. Predicted Positional Changes for Datums IN 2018 HORIZONTAL = 1.03 m (3.4 ft) ELLIPSOID HEIGHT = - 1.32 m (- 4.3 ft) Predicted with HTDP ORTHOMETRIC HEIGHT = - 0.28 m (- 0.9 ft) Predicted with HTDP and USGG2003 • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  10. Height Modernization Accurate heights via GPS, along with traditional leveling, gravity, and modern remote sensing observations. Critical for: • Dam, levee safety • Evacuation planning • Hazard mitigation • Flood-plain mapping • Subsidence monitoring • Determining high-water marks New! GEOID09 • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  11. The Future of Height Mod:GRAV-D Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum • GRAV-D • Airborne gravity survey (10 years) • Gravity monitoring into the future • Coastal areas surveyed first • All USA states and territories • www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D • 2018-2022 Targets: • Orthometric heights (“elevations” on maps) good to 2 cm anywhere, anytime from GNSS technology • Height changes easily monitored using new vertical datum • Gravity for the Nation’ benefits • Imagery for the Nation • Lidar for the Nation • Elevation for the Nation • Geodetic control: overview & evolution

  12. FGDC provides CORS • Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) • Continuous GPS data for post-processing augmentations. • Provide accurate interface between land and ocean observing systems. • CORS data are also used to monitor and predict the distribution of moisture in the atmosphere, improving our ability to predict severe weather events, and the distribution of electrons in the atmosphere, to determine space weather. • A socioeconomic scoping study realized $6.9 billion in socio-economic benefits over 15 years Only 23% ofCORS are .gov • FGDC agency interactions

  13. FGDC uses OPUS • Online PositioningUser Service (OPUS) • GPS data processed using NGS computers and software. • Your position via e-mail • 1-2 centimeters accuracy • Over 1 million positions served • Rapid-Static now uses 15 minutes of data versus 2-4 hours • New publishing feature; acceptable replacement for bluebook? • FGDC agency interactions

  14. NGS Integrated Database passive marks bluebooked, FY2004-09mostly state & local . . . time to end passive control archiving? • FGDC agency interactions

  15. United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Levee Inventory • Working with the Army Corps to utilize a common datum (NAVD88) on all 12,000 miles of levees. • Advocating the use of VDatum for accurate water levels and geodetic data. • Writing procedures for obtaining heights at various accuracy needs. • Developing training materials for Army Corps personnel. Courtesy of Tulane University • FGDC agency interactions

  16. IOCM – New Products and Tools Required by Ocean and Coastal Geospatial Data Users • Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWG-OCM) • Coordination of ocean and coastal mapping data and activities • Partnerships for resource synergies • Integrated products and services Goal: Increase efficiency and improve coordination of many Federal mapping agencies. • FGDC agency interactions

  17. FGDC Geodetic ControlWork Groups • Vertical Reference Systems • Fixed-Reference Stations • Instruments • Methodology • Spectrum • Can FGDC maintain, populateour membership lists? • Agency interactions

  18. Opportunities for Cooperation • GRAV-D: aircraft, crew, expertise, and funding needed to collect aerial gravity data, to produce a new national vertical datum. • 2018 DATUMS: preparing products & users for coordinate and height shifts. • BLUEBOOK: redefine FGDC requirements for a centralized control archive. • STANDARDS: include datum and accuracy tags in metadata. • FGDC opportunities

  19. Summary of Accomplishments – FY09 • Current Status • Active • Accomplishments in FY09 • FGCS quarterly meetings (11/13/08,1/6/09,3/26/09,9/8/09) • Outreach through state and regional forums (focus on Vertical Reference System) • Review and release of Geoid09

  20. Summary of FY10 Actions Planned • Hold Federal Summit in 2010 (new vertical datum) • Conduct state and regional forums; continue dialog with Canada and Mexico (vertical datum) • Draft technical document-future of vertical datums in the U.S. • Compile list of and investigate one new “surveying technology” and write report • Review NGS draft guidelines (RTNs and other) • Continue to build membership in Work Groups and revise charters where needed • Identify new Secretariat (Joe Evjen – temporary)

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