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Business decisions that result in bad technical outcomes could lead to lawsuits
My previous column provided an update on the current set of published orthometric heights in the southeast Texas region and rules by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) for estimating and publishing...
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New feature in OPUS Projects: Using RTN vectors to support 2022...
February’s column focused on potential errors in orthometric heights using a digital barcode leveling system with multi-piece leveling rods. As stated in the column, businesses need to make decisions...
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Great funding opportunity to support geodesy: March 22 deadline!
In July 2020, my First Fix article discussed the Geodesy Crisis in the United States. In January 2022, Mike Bevis, collaborating with others, prepared a white paper titled “The Geodesy Crisis,”...
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Science of geodesy and surveying: support progress report
Image: Avalon_Studio/E+/Getty Images On March 20, 2023, I wrote a short announcement about a funding opportunity by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) to support the science of geodesy. As mentioned in...
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NGS replacing NGS 58 and 59 documents: Specifications for GNSS geodetic...
On April 13, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) held a webinar that described the classifications, accuracy standards and general specifications for GNSS geodetic control surveys using OPUS Projects....
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California Spatial Reference Center (CSRC) 2023 Spring Meeting
On April 27, I attended (virtually) the spring 2023 meeting of the California Spatial Reference Center (CSRC) coordinating council. See the agenda below. This column will highlight some activities with...
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NGS Discusses the New NSRS at the International 2023 FIG Working Week
Anyone reading my previous columns knows that I have been highlighting the new, modernized, National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) of the National Geodetic Survey (NGS). During the 2023 Fédération...
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Advancing geomatics tradecraft and education in the public interest
Image: stock_colors/E+/Getty Images Anyone keeping up with my columns may know that I have been highlighting the geodesy crisis and programs that advance the science of geodesy (July 2020, November...
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