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NGS and NSPS
The well-publicized datum upgrade of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) administered by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has reached another milestone. In conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NGS has filed a notice with the Federal Register to deprecate the use of "U.S. Survey Foot" on December 31, 2022 and formally adopt the "foot" (previously known as the "international foot"). The Federal Register announcement and feedback page can be found here. Please review the information and provide any feedback on the Federal Register page.
This change is in concert with the upcoming overhaul of the NSRS and datum changes by NGS in 2022-2023. For more details on the timeline of the definition of the “foot,” visit the NIST U.S. Survey Foot page here: https://www.nist.gov/pml/us-surveyfoot.
Currently, there are a variety of legislative specification for measuring standards nationwide and within the U.S. territories. For your state, see the graphic below:
Dr. Michael Dennis of NGS has produced a webinar discussing the ramification of the “foot” and why the change is necessary. To view the webinar, please visit the NGS website here.
For additional information on the upcoming datum change, visit the NGS New Datums page here.
Reference Note:
Changes to the Template Draft NSRS Legislation which was published on the NSPS webpage are as noted below:
How to use this template:
- changes/additions in 1st and 2nd lines of item 3)
- changes in the 3rd line of item 3)a.
- Item 3)c added
- Item 9) deleted, and replaced by renaming Item 10) to be Item 9)
- Added a new Item 10)
I. Acronyms:
- Acronyms changed to Abbreviations in the title and in the 1st sentence
- Revised wording in the bolded statement at the end of the definition of *PCS
II. The ≤state≥ Plane Coordinate System:
- Revised wording at the end of third line of the 1st paragraph
- Changes in the first line of the 2ndth paragraph of actual text
- Changes in the second line of the 2nd paragraph of actual text
- Changes in the 5th, 6th ,7th , and 8th lines of the 2nd paragraph of actual text
The updated document is being uploaded to the NSPS website.
NSPS
Rural communities and their transportation networks have been instrumental in building and supplying urban areas throughout our nation’s history, carrying people from city-to-city and carrying freight from bedrock American industries such as agriculture, mining, forestry, and manufacturing. Yet rural transportation infrastructure has significant challenges. Over 70% of America’s road miles are in rural areas. While one-fifth of Americans live in rural areas, rural America’s traffic fatalities are disproportionately high, totaling 46% of fatalities in 2018. Further, of the nation’s bridges that are posted for weight limits, 90 percent are in rural areas. The new ROUTES Initiative will address these challenges by assisting rural stakeholders in understanding how to access DOT grants and financing products, and developing data-driven approaches to better assess needs and benefits of rural transportation projects. This builds on the Department’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Loan Program’s Rural Project Initiative, which offers lower project-cost thresholds for loan eligibility, subsidized interest rates, and the coverage of fees to encourage use of the credit program for infrastructure projects in rural areas. The Department will engage rural transportation stakeholders at events over the coming year to educate project sponsors about the funding and finance opportunities at DOT, as well as to receive their feedback.
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A bill introduced in Congress last week would put 200 feet between your yard and the federal government's regulatory powers. Sen. Mike Lee (R–UT) introduced S. 2607, the Drone Integration and Zoning Act of 2019, with the goal of shrinking the scope of the federal government and expanding property rights. His bill would distribute some of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) authority over the nation's airspace to localities and private citizens by redefining "navigable airspace," broadly defined by the FAA as "the airspace at or above the minimum altitudes of flight that includes the airspace needed to ensure safety in the takeoff and landing of aircraft." His proposal would exclude airspace 200 feet above any given property from FAA regulation. This would functionally prohibit any commercial or recreational drone operators from using the 200 feet above a property without receiving explicit consent from the property owner. Lee's bill would also grant local authorities control over the establishment of unmanned aircraft takeoff and landing zones within their jurisdictions. Lee's bill is an attempt to give greater clarity to what is a somewhat murky legal situation. For now, the FAA recommends operating drones "at or below 400 feet." But without more clearly defined property rights, those guidelines seem to only encourage confrontation.
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On the surface, New York City's infrastructure gleams brightly. Investor dollars are flowing, with many megaprojects completed, underway or planned. New York state is investing $100 billion in an expanded convention center, revitalized bridge connections and a transformed LaGuardia Airport. Private projects are raising the skyline, reviving old neighborhoods and creating new ones, like Hudson Yards. All that development depends on optimal functioning of the underground infrastructure—not only the subway system but also the tangle of gas, electric, water and steam lines on which the city depends. Unfortunately, there is no combined data set showing location and condition of all utility infrastructure. Lack of awareness drives up the cost of capital infrastructure projects. In the case of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, for instance, the city could have reduced its $19 billion repair bill if only it had better data capture, sharing and analysis. Lack of awareness prolongs emergency recovery. In the worst cases, it proves fatal when volatile components trigger catastrophes, such as when a water-main break causes a gas-main explosion. In some cities, utility and government leaders are using geographic information system (GIS) technology to capture, combine and share data about underground infrastructure. This data can be matched with information about structures by linking GIS software to building information modeling (BIM) software.
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Small scale applications of 3-D images have been around for quite some time. For example, 3-D X-ray imaging shows in full color precise details of what's inside your body, helping doctors diagnose conditions and determine areas of concern prior to surgery.
In Shanghai, China, workers constructed a 3-D printed concrete bridge at about two-thirds the average cost.
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Inside GNSS
The Army is in the midst of testing new assured position, navigation and timing equipment as it searches for more ways to thwart jamming and spoofing and stay operational if GPS is denied or unavailable.
The tests support the Mounted Assured PNT System or MAPS program, which is working to replace multiple hand-held Defense Advanced GPS Receivers with a single receiver, thereby reducing the SWAP — the size, weight and power — that must be allowed for in equipment design and integration.
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Directions Magazine
Few would argue that life was a beach for the crews of AG Surveys in Great Britain. Not the swimsuit, suntan lotion, barbecue type of beach day. These beach- surveyors had swapped the usual party gear for control targets, GNSS receivers and unmanned aerial system technology and raced against the tides and weather to survey 80 different beaches along England's southwest coast. There might have been flipflops, too, but otherwise it was no day at the beach.
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The new GSA GNSS Market Report is now available for download. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the GNSS market and the global industry, as well as a focus on EGNSS differentiators and synergies with Copernicus, according to the publisher, the European GNSS Agency.
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Nextgov
Across the federal government, IT modernization is so hot right now.
IT modernization will continue headlining the Trump administration's tech agenda in the new fiscal year, Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent said.
"IT modernization will never stop," said Kent at ACT-IAC's Imagine Nation conference in Philadelphia.
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Sensors & Systems
Eight briefcase-size satellites flying in a row may be key to improving forecasts of a hurricane's wind speed—detecting whether it will make landfall as a Category 1 or a Category 5. NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System fleet, launched in 2016, was designed to show whether the same GPS signals your phone uses for navigation can be used to measure winds deep within a hurricane or typhoon. The answer appears to be a resounding yes.
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Geospatial World
Building information modeling is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. The resulting building information models support decision-making about a facility from earliest conceptual stages, through design and construction, and its operational life and eventual demolition. This process is supported by various tools and technologies.
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Director, Cotton Jones (WY) |
| President-Elect, Mark Sargent (NH) |
Director, Thomas Brooks (AL) |
| Vice President, Tim Burch (IL) |
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| Treasurer, Bob Miller (PA) |
Director, Danny Martinez (NE) |
| Secretary, Craig Amey (MI) |
Executive Director, Curt Sumner (MD) |
| Immediate Past President, Kim Leavitt (ID) |
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