VRSWG Update

Renee ShieldsHeight Modernization Manager

National Geodetic SurveyJuly 11, 2011

• Identify common objectives, and find opportunities for cooperative projects, tasks (near-term)

– Tri-lateral agency datum standardization (NOAA/USGS/USACE)

– USGS Stream gage datum updates

– USACE levee datum updates

Vertical Reference System Work Group Work Plan

USGS Stream Gage at Pacific Creek near Moran, WY

• Identify Products and Services within each agency impacted by new vertical datums (near-term)

– Develop strategy to address changes that will be required to P&S (near- to mid-term)

– Develop pilot projects to address agency needs (near- to mid-term)

• Update existing guidelines, standards, specifications to support transition to new datums (long-term)

Vertical Reference System Work Group Work Plan

• Education, Outreach, Capacity Building for users (ongoing)

• Brief FGCS on accomplishments (ongoing)

• Identify POCs in agencies to join workgroup, perform tasks (ongoing)

Vertical Reference System Work Group Work Plan

• Teleconferences now held quarterly

– next meeting October 6, 2011

– Attendance by NGA, USGS, USACE, NPS, FCC, FEMA

– Meeting notes posted on FGCS web site

• Developed worksheet for each agency to identify their products/services that rely on vertical datums

VRSWG Accomplishments: May 2010-Present

Agency Tracking Plan – DHS/FEMA

Agency Tracking Plan – USACE

• Monthly teleconferences to inform users – value-added with guest speakers

• Education and outreach activities

• Support projects designed to enhance vertical component of NSRS, present and future

– NC/FEMA Floodplain mapping pilot – see Poster session

– TX Geoid Slope project

– Surveys: So. LA, IGLD, MS and others

Height Modernization Program Accomplishments: May 2010-Present

• Discuss transition strategies with new datum project managers

• Support for GRAV-D and geoid model updates

• Develop National Height Modernization Plan (NHMP)– Internal Draft by end of FY2012

– Tie to NGS 10-year plan; incl. strategic plan and short-term operating plan

– Emphasize coordination with federal partners

– Include budget requirements/strategy

Height Modernization Program Accomplishments: May 2010-Present

• Infrastructure– Gap analysis

– Modernize NGS geodetic control datasheets

• Guidelines, Models, Tools– Geoid12

– H- AND VTDP

– OPUS: e.g. OPUS Projects workshop, July 11-12, San Diego

– Update HM Guidelines, NGS58 and 59

Align NHMP with NGS Business Plan model

• Education, Capacity Building– Update height modernization web site– Lidar workshop – August 18, 2011, Silver Spring, MD– 2ND Federal Geospatial Summit, July 2012, San Diego, CA

Align NHMP with NGS Business Plan model

Questions

Renee ShieldsHeight Modernization Manager301-713-3231, x116Renee.Shields@noaa.gov

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