2019 Geospatial Summit Presentations



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Day 1

Monday, May 6, 2019   |  9:30 am - 5:00 pm



Geospatial Summit Overview

Juliana Blackwell, Director, NGS

play video 3:18

Keynote

RDML Timothy Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN Ret., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy NOAA Administrator

play video17:01

Blueprint for 2022 Part 1: Geometric Coordinates

Dan Roman, Ph.D., Chief Geodesist, NGS

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11:43

3.4 MB

Blueprint for 2022 Part 2: Geopotential Coordinates

Dan Roman, Ph.D., Chief Geodesist, NGS

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21:17

7.2 MB

Blueprint for 2022 Part 3: Working in a Modernized NSRS

Dru Smith, Ph.D., NSRS Modernization Manager, NGS

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41:34

3.3 MB

Designing a Data Delivery System for the Future

Boris Kanazir, Geodesist, NGS

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24:15

18.5 MB

Recap 2018 Industry Workshop and Introduction of Alpha Products

Dru Smith, Ph.D., NSRS Modernization Manager, NGS

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15:26

1.7 MB
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20:38

56.6 MB

National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Coordinated Efforts to Change State Legislation

Curtis Summer, Executive Director, National Society of Professional Surveyors

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9:49

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“Keeping Coordinates Moving:” California Example and Case Study

Scott Martin, California Geodetic Coordinator, California Department of Transportation

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36:37

4.5 MB

NGS Educational Offerings

Erika Little, Training Coordinator, NGS

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7:45

4.7 MB

Mastery Paths Learning in Geosciences

Stacey D. Lyle, Ph.D., RPLS, Professor of Practice, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station

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20:53

12.8 MB

Engaging the Unengaged - How to Reach the Professional

Patrick Tami, Immediate Past President, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying

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14:38

7.4 MB







Day 2

Tuesday, May 7, 2019  |  8:30 am - 5:00 pm



Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D)

Jeffery Johnson, Acting GRAV-D Project Manager, NGS

play video 7:30

15.3 MB

Experimental GEOID Modeling (xGEOID19)

Yan Wang, Ph.D., Geodesist, NGS

play video 9:46

12.7 MB

Geoid Monitoring Service (GeMS)

Kevin Ahlgren, Ph.D., Geodesist, NGS

play video 11:24

1.8 MB

Hybrid Geoid Models (GEOID18)

Kevin Ahlgren, Ph.D., Geodesist, NGS

play video 4:57

2.5 MB

Modernizing Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)

Theresa Damiani, Ph.D., Spatial Reference System Division Chief, NGS

play video 13:00

4.0 MB

Foundation CORS

Theresa Damiani, Ph.D., Spatial Reference System Division Chief, NGS

play video 9:42

7.6 MB

OPUS Projects Improvements

Mark Schenewerk, Ph.D., Geodesist, NGS

play video 11:49

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66.6 MB

OPUS Projects for Everything

Krishna Tadepalli, Geodetic Applications Branch Chief, NGS

play video 3:41

0.5 MB

NGS Coordinate Conversion and Transformation Tool (NCAT)

Krishna Tadepalli, Geodetic Applications Branch Chief, NGS

play video 9:37

0.6 MB

"GPS on Bench Marks" Efforts

Galen Scott, Acting Constituent Resource Manager, NGS

play video 28:15

14.1 MB

Lidar Case Study - Alaska Geoid

Nicole Kinsman, Ph.D., Alaska Regional Geodetic Advisor, NGS

play video 19:47

29.0 MB

National Park Service Case Study - Assateauge Island National Seashore

Neil Winn, GIS Specialist, National Park Service

play video 19:16

6.6 MB

U.S. Geological Survey Case Study - Impacts to 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)

Barry Y. Miller, GIS Applied Researcher, U.S. Geological Survey

play video 20:40

8.9 MB

North Carolina's Floodplain Mapping Program

Gary Thompson, Chief, North Carolina Geodetic Survey

play video 24:52

51.4 MB