NGS Successes Leadership Summit and Milestones By Acting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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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