National Geodetic Survey Update

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National Geodetic SurveyUpdate

• Juliana P. Blackwell
• Director, National Geodetic Survey
• September 16, 2015

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NGS Top Five Accomplishments

• 2015 Geospatial Summit
• Damage Assessment Imagery
• 2015 GPS on Bench Marks Campaign
• Topo-bathy Project in St. Croix
• Educational Video Series

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2015 Geospatial Summit
Summary of Attendees by Sector
Geographic Distribution
(n93)
(n392)

• Update constituents on release of new geodetic
  datums by 2022
• 522 million in annual economic benefits to the
  nation
• 240 million saved from improved floodplain
  management

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Damage Assessment Imagery
First year NGS collected aerial oblique imagery
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BEFORE
AFTER
Images taken in Illinois pre/post tornado disaster
Collected aerial imagery on two major natural
disasters in FY15
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2015 GPS on Bench Marks Campaign

• Increased awareness about professional surveying
• Data used to improve the next vertical
  positioning model
• Facilitated conversions to the new vertical datum
  in 2022

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Topo-bathy Project in St. Croix
Updates charted depths for most of the island
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Educational Video Series
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FY16 Activities

• Increased Customer Engagement
• Regional Advisor Transition
• Datum Modernization
• International Collaboration
• Coastal Intelligence