PPT Slide
Height Modernization Background
Mentioned in appropriations language, but no funding.
1997 -- Congressional Interest
1998 -- $1 Million for Height Mod Study
“The Committee has included … $1,000,000 ... for the National
Geodetic Survey (NGS) to conduct a National Height
Modernization Study to demonstrate the effectiveness of this
work in California and in western North Carolina. The
Committee expects the NGS to conduct this study in
consultation with state and local governments and the private
sector…”