VRSWG Update Renee Shields Height Modernization Manager National

VRSWG Update Renee Shields Height Modernization Manager National Geodetic Survey July 24, 2012

Vertical Reference System Work Group Work Plan • Identify common objectives and opportunities for cooperative projects • Identify Products and Services impacted by new vertical datums • Update guidelines, standards, specifications to support transition to new datums • Education, Outreach, Capacity Building for users

VRSWG Accomplishments: Jan 2012 -Present • Participation at Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) on Apr 3 -4, 2012 • Quarterly teleconference held April 5, 2012 • Kick-off “one-on-one” meeting with NGA on June 29, 2012 • Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD 02) “all but published”

Relevant Height Modernization / NGS Accomplishments: Jan 2012 -Present • Projects – Updating HTDP (e. g. ) – research contract – Geoid Slope Validation Surveys: 2011, 2013 – Support for ECO: Ecosystems and Climate Operations – Leveling projects in Gulf Coast region added to NGS IDB since 1995, being incorporated into VTDP – Gulf Coast Height Modernization Project

Relevant Height Modernization / NGS Accomplishments: Jan 2012 -Present • Gulf Coast Height Modernization Project – Primary adjustment from Pensacola, FL to Houston, TX – Secondary adjustments in AL, FL, MS and TX

Relevant Height Modernization / NGS Accomplishments: Jan 2012 -Present • Tools, Models – LOCUS, Vdatum – Arc. GIS Tool box in development – used for National Adjustment of 2011, Special projects • Datasheet updates – Adding geoid model information – Revising publication in suspect areas

Relevant Height Modernization / NGS Accomplishments: Jan 2012 -Present • Outreach/Education – Height Mod Partner meeting – June 2012 – Monthly Height Mod teleconferences • AZ statewide vertical adjustment • USGS stream gages and vertical datums • GSVS 11 • Updates to NGS Datasheet Format • National Enhanced Elevation Assessment (NEEA) • The next NGS 10 year plan • GPS and Flood Certificates

Relevant Height Modernization / NGS Accomplishments: Jan 2012 -Present • Height Modernization National Plan - input to updating NGS Strategic Plan – Improve access to NAVD 88 today • Identify areas of immediate critical need • Build infrastructure that will help access today, and support access in the future – Prepare for transition to new vertical datum • Models, tools, guidelines, specifications • Education, outreach, capacity building 8

Looking ahead • Height Modernization priorities – Continue work with user community, federal and local agencies, universities – Prioritize activities (e. g. surveys) with task force – Improve leveling processing with training, updating instructions, etc. • Continue “one-on-one” meetings with other federal partners • Next VRSWG meeting October 4, 2012 9

Questions Renee Shields Height Modernization Manager 301 -713 -3231, x 116 Renee. Shields@noaa. gov