HEIGHT MODERNIZATION COORDINATION MEETING

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, February 8, 2005

 

 

Purpose:  To exchange information and provide an update on Height Modernization activities, events, and issues

 

 

Update on past month’s activities/action items                                             Juliana Blackwell

1.       Add Grants link and/or info to Height Mod webpage (No action)

2.       Add Gravity/Geoid link and/or info to Height Mod webpage (In progress)

3.       Add Height Modernization Survey Station tag to datasheets (Done)

           [NGS Datasheet Retrieval program will allow for the selection of “GPS Height Mod Station” as well as “Wisconsin Height Mod Station” from the “Data Type Desired” pull-down menu.]

4.       Check on North Carolina tidal leveling status (No action) – Juliana will check on this by next week.

[*Post-meeting update: February 14 - NGS is working on the last NC tide level line.  All others have been processed.  Gary Thompson was notified.  Action item completed.]

 

Leveling software update                                                                                    Frank Mowry

 

So you want to use Height Mod stations for vertical control?                        Dale Pursell

Pros?  Cons?  Needs?  Implementation?

 

Education and Outreach…What’s going on?                                                      All

 

Action items:

1.       Add Grants link and/or info to Height Mod webpage (In progress)

2.       Add Gravity/Geoid link and/or info to Height Mod webpage (In progress)

3.       Update firmware on POSNAV LV system (Kendall Fancher)

4.       Form panel for Spatial Reference Center discussion at ACSM (Greg Helmer)

5.       Finish General Height Mod Presentation (Juliana Blackwell/Nancy Doyle)

6.       Complete Louisiana GPS projects (Kurt Shinkle, et al)

 

 

Next meeting will be held Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time.