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Great Lakes Region Height Modernization Consortium: Engaging and Collaborating for Progress

A collaborative consortium in the Great Lakes region focused on modernizing height data, hosting meetings, and sharing resources among states like Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Quarterly calls and joint events foster enhanced communication and innovation. Keep up with past and upcoming meetings and funded projects, and learn about the impact of height modernization on the region's geography and weather patterns. Explore the important role of the consortium in advancing surveying efforts and tackling shared challenges.

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Great Lakes Region Height Modernization Consortium: Engaging and Collaborating for Progress

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  1. The Great Lakes Region Height Modernization ConsortiumDiane Arendt, Chair

  2. Great Lakes Region • Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New York • Also Iowa and Kentucky • Conference calls held quarterly • Email campaigns • Confer on similar issues • Present at each other’s professional events

  3. Meeting Schedules

  4. Great Lakes Region: Past Meetings • National HM Partner Meeting hosted by NGS • Frankfort, KY April 30-May 1, 2013 • GLRHMC Meeting hosted by Michigan DOT • Dimondale, Michigan Oct 31-Nov 1, 2012 • GLRHMC Meeting hosted by Ohio DOT • Columbus, OH Oct 13-14, 2011 • National HM Partner Meeting hosted by NGS • Silver Spring, MD August 18-19, 2011 • GLRHMC Meeting hosted by PDOT • New Cumberland, PA April 14, 2011

  5. Great Lakes Region: Past Meetings • GLRHMC Meeting hosted by ISPLS and IGIC • West La Fayette, IN; March 23, 2010 • GLRHMC Meeting hosted by ODOT • Columbus, OH; October 21, 2010 • GLRHMC Meeting hosted by Illinois DOT, ISGS • Rockford, IL; November 10, 2009 • GLRHMC Meeting hosted by WisDOT • Madison, WI; September 2008

  6. Great Lakes Region: Upcoming Meeting • Great Lakes Height Modernization Partner Meeting, • September 16 and 17, 2014 • Wisconsin State Patrol Academy • Inside Historic Fort McCoy, Tomah WI

  7. Great Lakes Region: Funding Sources • Indiana: FHWA, SPR • Illinois: Federal Earmarks, FHWA SPR, data in-kind • Michigan: MDOT • Minnesota: MnDOT • Ohio: ODOT • Wisconsin: WisDOT, FHWA SPR • Iowa: IowaDOT • Kentucky: KYTC • Pennsylvania: • New York:

  8. Pennsylvania • PSLS Reaching New Heights • 85 point groups volunteered • 108 point recoveries were reported • 42 point occupations were reported • 9 shared solutions were reported http://www.psls.org/ReachingNewHeights NATIONAL SURVEYOR’S WEEK MARCH 16 – 22, 2014 GPS DAY

  9. Great Lakes Region: Upcoming Projects • River/Chasm Crossings. MN and WI NGS advisors participating in proof-of-theory field testing in Corbin • Absorbing borders CORS stations

  10. Great Lakes Drainage Basin • Largest system of fresh water on earth • Only the polar ice caps contain more fresh water • 10% of the American and 31% of the Canadian population live in the basin

  11. Great Lakes Ice Cover 2014 • 1/3 ice covered in April 2014 • The largest ice cover ever observed in the satellite era – since the early 1970s • Record ice cover, abnormally low water temperatures and abundant snow cover impact national weather • Production of cool, dry air keeps severe weather at bay • creating a large-scale weather pattern that is keeping seasonal storms well below normal • Great Lakes are an astounding, ongoing weather phenomenon

  12. Welcome Western States !!! • Champion for the Western States Height Modernization Consortium • Participation in CDOT kickoff meeting December 18, 2012 • Provide reference documents for mission statement and goals • Share language for SPR funding requests

  13. Questions or Comments?

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