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Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Update to Coordination Group

13 November 2012 Coordination Group Meeting. Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Update to Coordination Group. Juliana Blackwell Subcommittee Chair Director, National Geodetic Survey Juliana.Blackwell@noaa.gov. [7 NOV 2012]. Introduction.

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Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Update to Coordination Group

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  1. 13 November 2012 Coordination Group Meeting Federal Geodetic Control SubcommitteeUpdate to Coordination Group Juliana Blackwell Subcommittee Chair Director, National Geodetic Survey Juliana.Blackwell@noaa.gov [7 NOV 2012]

  2. Introduction This subcommittee coordinates geodetic data-related activities among 23 Federal and non-Federal agencies and will report its activities to FGDC. Membership: http://www.fgdc.gov/participation/working-groups-subcommittees/fgcs/directory

  3. Geodetic Control Theme - Data Sets

  4. Recent Meetings • The Geodetic Control subcommittee met on 24 July 2012 • The topics discussed at this meeting include: • Update on progress towards new datums • Vertical Reference Systems Work Group activities • Tasking of renewing the subcommittee charter • Subcommittee input to the GAO study • Introduction to the draft NGS 10 Year Plan • Some of the outcomes arising from this meeting include: • FGCS charter will be reviewed and updated (done!) • Real Time Networks will be addressed after the NGS RTN Symposium which is being rescheduled for Spring 2013.

  5. Recent Developments/Projects • Edited subcommittee charter to bring up-to-date (last revised in 2002) • Planning for talks about the new datums at the 2013 Esri Federal GIS Conference • Geopotential Datum • GRAV-D update • Planning for a 2013 Geoid Slope Validation Survey in Iowa

  6. Next Meeting • 31 January 2013 in Silver Spring, MD and via phone and Web • Some of the topics to be discussed at the next meeting include: • Update on the datums of the future and continued discussion on how to prepare for those datums • Update on activities of the Vertical Reference Systems Work Group • Other topics to be determined

  7. Next Steps • In the coming months, the FGCS plans to: • Continue to prepare for the new geometric and geopotential datums. • Identify common objectives and find opportunities for cooperative projects and tasks related to standardization and updates to vertical datums.

  8. Questions? Juliana Blackwell Subcommittee Chair Director, National Geodetic Survey Juliana.Blackwell@noaa.gov

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