Washington Monument GPS Height Modernization Project
August 17 - 19, 1999

"Washington monument is 114 years old and today it's getting a space age address"

- Dr. D. James Baker, Administrator of NOAA

Using state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and other specialized gear, geodesists and technicians from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will take hundreds of measurements at the top of the monument.

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