Maryland Height Modernization
Benefits
RTK GPS within wetland vegetation plots at Chesapeake Bay, Maryland NERR. Photo: NOAA.
Maryland can benefit from Height Modernization because accurate heights support critical infrastructure including transportation systems, airplane runways and water delivery systems. Additionally, Maryland is vulnerable to hazards such as hurricanes, nor'easters, and changing sea levels that will place some areas at risk from coastal storm surge and flooding. Height Modernization will support emergency management planning, land use planning and management, and elevation change monitoring to help address these additional challenges.
Projects
Surveying Sentinel Sites
Using a place-based approach, sentinel sites concentrate infrastructure and resources to effectively track the status of ecosystem integrity in the face of changing local sea levels and land elevations. NGS has trained scientists and managers at the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) about the importance of connecting long-term monitoring systems to a high accuracy vertical network, how to install basic geospatial infrastructure, and how to collect geodetic observations.
- Read about projects with the NGS Ecosystem and Climate Team
- Visit the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland NERR website
- Read about Research and Monitoring across the NERR System
Contact Information
For additional inquiries, contact the State Geodetic Advisor Program or the National Height Modernization Program directly. State geodetic advisors serve as liaisons between NOAA and regional or state organizations.
