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NGS: Successes, Leadership Summit, and Milestones

This document highlights the successes, leadership summit results, and milestones achieved by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) under the guidance of Acting NGS Director Dave Zilkoski. It includes success stories, growth of spatial reference centers, innovative partnerships, Congressional support for height modernization, future plans, and 2006 milestones.

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NGS: Successes, Leadership Summit, and Milestones

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  1. NGS: Successes, Leadership Summit, and Milestones By Acting NGS Director Dave Zilkoski

  2. Success Stories Towards Our Vision • OAD – new recruits, state advisors coming from Norfolk • Greatly increased orbit accuracies • Stellar Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita • Over 11,000 images posted on-line

  3. Success Stories (cont’d) • Growth of Spatial Reference Centers • California, Washington, Louisiana • Potential in Texas and Wisconsin • Innovative Partnerships • FEMA, SWaPS, Google Earth • Over 700 CORS sites

  4. Success Stories (cont’d) • Continued increase in Congressional support for Height Mod • KY, AL, SC, WI, WA, TX, MS, LA, NC, CA • 2 millionth UFCORS package delivered • Over 126,000 OPUS solutions in FY 2005

  5. Where We’re Headed • Continued focus on model and tool development, building outside capacity • Budget is steadily showing increased support for Height Mod • How can we implement regionally/nationally? • Partnerships within NOAA to strengthen our connections to other Programs • IOOS, IOCM • Increased focus on milestones, performance measures

  6. Leadership Summit Results • Hire Webmaster - Gordon Adams • Evaluate infrastructure in light of possible real-time, etc. - Richard Snay • Implement OPUS-DB, RS Projects - Neil Weston • Completion and implementation of leveling software - Gordon Adams • Develop real time CORS strategy - Neil Weston

  7. Leadership Summit Results • Identify personnel needs/opportunities for employees for long-term training and educational opportunities - Dru Smith • Make training materials available for NGS priorities and programs - Gilbert Mitchell • Produce one DVD of Dave Doyle’s Workshops - Gilbert Mitchell • Increase field presence/effectiveness of spatial reference centers - Gilbert Mitchell

  8. Leadership Summit Results • Hiring Plan - Brian Taggart • Hire gravity manager - Gerry Mader • Increase number of State Advisors - Gilbert Mitchell • NGS Director evaluates priorities. Clear statement of what they are and how Division Chiefs/Priority Leads interact - Dave Zilkoski

  9. Leadership Summit Results • Centralize project tracking/proposal on-line - Brian Taggart • Implement MIS - Gordon Adams • Integrate MTS and Geodesy PBAs and staff support - Brian Taggart • Prioritize NGS-wide activities based on politics, mission, requirements - Dave Zilkoski

  10. Leadership Summit Results • Extend NGS expertise and experience to other accuracy regimes (GIS/POE/RS) - Mike Aslaksen • Each Priority Lead identifies potential integration needs - Each Priority Lead • Create Working group to identify the affects and impacts of GNSS - Richard Snay • Development of ADCAT/datalogger - Mark Howard

  11. Leadership Summit Results • Develop a plan for collection of gravity data across North America - Gerry Mader • NGS Research plan development – Geodesy and Remote Sensing - Dru Smith • Develop 10 year comprehensive plan - Dru Smith

  12. 2006 Milestones • 100 CORS Stations delivering real-time data to NGS. • Development of the vertical component of the NGS 10 year plan, to include plans for a Geoid model, VDatum, aerial gravity, orthometric heights on CORS, redefinition of a national vertical datum, and other necessary components.

  13. 2006 Milestones • OPUS-Database (OPUS-DB) option available to public in Jan '06. • OPUS-Rapid Static (OPUS-RS) initial operational capability in Jun '06. • OPUS-Projects initial operational capability in Sep '06. • Outreach through 25 Height Modernization User Forums, workshops, meetings, etc.

  14. 2006 Milestones • Publication and implementation of new CORS guidelines. • Award grants and work for 14 states for Geodetic Survey and Height Modernization efforts. • National Readjustment Web Page developed and posted on NGS web site

  15. 2006 Milestones • Develop QA/QC guidelines and standards to meet FAA's request to quality assure airport surveys completed by private surveying firms. • Complete and deliver 150 Area Navigation Approach (ANA) LPV obstruction surveys for the FAA WAAS Program office and • Complete 45 Airport Obstruction Chart surveys for the FAA Aeronautical Information Services Division (ATA-100).

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