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
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
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