NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Acronyms 'R Us

NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY

NATIONAL SPATIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM

NATIONAL SPATIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

METADATA

THE ELLIPSOID MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE EARTH

ELLIPSOID - GEOID RELATIONSHIP

UNITED STATES ELLIPSOID DEFINITIONS

HORIZONTAL DATUMS

THE GEOID AND TWO ELLIPSOIDS

COMPARISON OF DATUM ELEMENTS

NAD 27 and NAD 83

VERTICAL DATUMS

COMPARISON OF VERTICAL DATUM ELEMENTS

NGVD 29 and NAVD 88

GEODETIC CONTROL

INTERNATIONAL TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM

INTERNATIONAL TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM

TECTONIC MOTIONS

HORIZONTAL TECTONIC MOTIONS

VERTICAL TECTONIC MOTIONS

NAD 83 and ITRF

NAD 83 - ITRF Shifts

PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEMS

UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR (UTM)

STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEMS

TANGENT PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM

LAMBERT CONFROMAL CONIC WITH 2 STANDARD PARALLELS

TRANSVERSE MERCATOR

LAMBERT CONFROMAL CONIC WITH 2 STANDARD PARALLELS

LAMBERT CONFROMAL CONIC WITH 2 STANDARD PARALLELS

COORDINATE CHANGES (STATE PLANE)

WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THE STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEMS

STATE PLANE COORDINATE COMPUTATION

STATE PLANE COORDINATE COMPUTATION

REDUCTION TO THE ELLIPSOID

REDUCTION TO THE ELLIPSOID

REDUCTION TO THE ELLIPSOID

REDUCTION TO ELLIPSOID

REDUCTION TO GRID

COMBINED FACTOR

GRID AZIMUTH COMPUTATION

STATE PLANE COORDINATE COMPUTATION

GROUND LEVEL COORDINATES

GROUND LEVEL COORDINATES PROBLEMS

GROUND LEVEL COORDINATES “IF YOU DO”

Status of Coordinate Legislation -- April 2000

GEODETIC CONTROL DATA SHEET

GEODETIC CONTROL DATA SHEET

GEODETIC CONTROL DATA SHEET

GEODETIC CONTROL DATA SHEET

IMPROVING POSITIONAL ACCURACY

Autonomous Positioning: Before May 1, 2000

Standalone Positioning: Since May 1, 2000

Standalone Positioning: By 2011

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS)

GPS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT GIS

GPS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT GIS

GPS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT GIS CLASSICAL

GPS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT GIS 21st CENTURY

“CLASSICAL” GPS NETWORKS

“21st Century” GPS NETWORKS

GPS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT GIS

GPS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT GIS “BLUE-BOOK”

GPS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT GIS LOCAL MAINTENANCE

NAD 83 NETWORK PROBLEMS

HIGH ACCURACY REFERENCE NETWORKS

FEDERAL BASE NETWORK (FBN)

COOPERATIVE BASE NETWORK (CBN)

HIGH ACCURACY REFERENCE NETWORKS

USER DENSIFICATION NETWORK (UDN)

HARN ADJUSTMENT

NAD 83 READJUSTMENT

NAD 83 READJUSTMENT

NAD 83 READJUSTMENT

NEW STANDARDS FOR GEODETIC CONTROL

DATUM TRANSFORMATIONS

DATUM TRANSFORMATIONS

DATUM TRANSFORMATIONS

CONVENTIONAL TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM (CTS)

CONVENTIONAL TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM (CTS)

CONVENTIONAL TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM (CTS)

EARTH - CENTERED COORDINATES

SOFTWARE UTILITIES

MOLODENSKY TRANSFORMATION

I NEED TO TRANSFORM BETWEEN WGS 84 AND NAD 83

DATUM TRANSFORMATION - IDEAL METHOD

NADCON

COORDINATE COMPARISON NAD 27 to NAD 83(1986)

COORDINATE COMPARISON NAD 27 to NAD 83(1986)

COORDINATE COMPARISON NAD 83 (1986) to NAD 83(1993)

CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING REFERENCE STATIONS (CORS)

CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING REFERENCE STATIONS (CORS)

CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING REFERENCE STATIONS (CORS)

CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING REFERENCE STATIONS (CORS)

CORS Coverage September 2000

CORS Sampling Rates

LUBBOCK Regional Reference Point

CORS DATA SHEET

CORS DATA SHEET

CORS DATA QUALITY

Geography without Geodesy is a Felony

Author: Dave Doyle

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