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

05/17/2012 - NGS Releases New Version of One of its Most Popular Products

The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently released the most extensive redesign of its geodetic control datasheet in the past decade. Several new data elements have been added to the datasheet...more

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

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