National Geodetic Survey HSRP Update

Honolulu, HI

May 04, 2011

Juliana BlackwellDirector

National Geodetic Survey

Performance MeasuresNGS performance measures support many of HSRPs most wanted improvements

• Disseminate NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Data and Products to Achieve Greatest Public Benefit

– GPRA: Percentage of U.S. counties enabled with accurate positioning capacity• Current: 81.66% fully or substantially enabled

• End of FY11: 83% to be enabled

• Modernize Heights and Implement Real-time Water Levels….– New GPRA 2013: Percent of U.S. enabled to benefit from a new national vertical reference system

(GRAV-D)• Current: 11.03% of US flown

• End of FY11: 13% to be flown primarily in AK

• Aggressively Map the Nation’s Shorelines– Update the U.S. shoreline

• Current: 2928 miles, 2%, completed

• End of FY11: 3.5%, completed

– Update the shoreline in priority ports• Q4 deadline of 20 ports (11%) updated

– Analyze priority ports for changes• Q4 deadline, of 29 ports (16%) analyzed

Milestones• Opus Projects Beta Version initiated

– Completed Q1

• International absolute gravimeters compared at NOAA’s TMGO and reported to IAG– Completed Q2

• The IERS site survey program begun at NGS with at least one site survey– Q4 deadline, proposal has been approved

• Socio-economic benefit study of NGS remote sensing products and services initiated – Q4 deadline, contractors being evaluated

Joint Milestones• (NGS Lead w/ COOPS &OCS) Expansion

of National VDatum New VDatum Models for Texas, and Maine to Massachusetts– Texas Model Released. Deadline Q3 for Maine

to Massachusetts

• (NGS Lead w/ CO-OPS) New guidelines for geospatial infrastructure for monitoring coastal and environmental change at sentinel sites and other coastal reserves developed for public review. Q4

• (NGS Lead w/ CO-OPS) Establish 1-3 co-located CORS at tide and water level stations. Q4

Significant Activities• NOAA GPS Data-Sharing Solution Hits

3,000 Mark and Counting• OPUS-Data Base (OPUS-DB recently hit the

milestone of 3,000 marks submitted for database inclusion

• Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning (HTDP)

– New version of HTDP released

• Collected emergency response imagery– Hurricane Earl– Red River

9/3/10 Hurricane Earl Imagery

Significant Activities

• NGS Participates in Cooperative Effort with USGS and Harris-Galveston Subsidence District  – Collecting data at a new

Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) in Houston, TX for consideration as a National CORS

• Mobile Bay Project – CO-OPS, OCS and NGS are working in Mobile Bay and the

surrounding area and 2 NERRS

Significant Activities• NGS Acquires New Remote Sensing

Capability– RIEGL USA CP680i-D Airborne Light

Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and LiDAR-Acquisition System

• NGS Perform Airport Obstruction Survey at Miami International Airport – Allows NGS to transition from primarily

collecting survey data to providing Quality Assurance (QA) services of contracted survey data submitted directly to the FAA

Significant Activities

• NGS Acquires New Absolute Gravity Meter– Expected to save one to two days

per measurement in support of airborne surveys

– Reduce survey cost

• GRAV-D Airborne Survey – Focus on Alaska

CHECK WITH MONICA Black boxes indicate flown area and Green boxes are too be flown in 2011

Upcoming Activities (FY11/12)

• Complete the computation of GPS positions for IGLD 2015 update•Begin collection of gravity data using superconducting gravity meter to support international efforts (GGP)

• Install one foundation CORS site to improve the ITRF

Upcoming Activities (FY11/12)

• Develop operational GPS-interference detection service in cooperation with DHS

• Complete one IERS site survey

• Complete gravity data collection in most of Alaska with the exception of the Aleutians

• Install 2 CORS co-located with tide stations

FY 2010 NGS Budget (excluding FAA reimbursables, earmarks, and ARRA funding)

• Geodesy Base: $26.417 M ($3.557 M increase compared to FY 2009, including $3 M for GRAV-D and a $.557 M general increase)

• National Height Modernization: $2.541 M (same as FY 2009)

• Mapping and Charting Base (~8% of total) $3.950 M($.139 M general increase compared to FY 2009)

• Shoreline Mapping: $2.424 M (same as FY 2009)

Total: $35.332 M

FY 2011 Budget: NGS (excluding FAA reimbursables, earmarks, and ARRA funding)

• Geodesy Base: $26.138 M ($.279 M general decrease compared to FY 2010)

• National Height Modernization: $2.541 M (same as FY 2010)

• Mapping and Charting Base (~8% of total) $3.917 M($.033 M general decrease compared to FY 2010)

• Shoreline Mapping: $2.398 M ($.026 M general decrease compared to FY 2010)

Total: $34.994 M Note:

These figures can change until the NOAA budget is finalized.

FY 2012 President’s Budget: NGS (excluding FAA reimbursables, earmarks, and ARRA funding)

• Geodesy Base: $27.001 M ($.584 M general increase compared to FY 2010)

• National Height Modernization: $2.541 M (same as FY 2010)

• Mapping and Charting Base (~8% of total) $4.135 M($.185 M general increase compared to FY 2010)

• Shoreline Mapping: $2.424 M (same as FY 2010)

Total: $36.101 M Note: All of these figures can change until Congress enacts a budget.

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