Updated Agenda: May 31: NGS Day at 2023 FIG Working Week in Orlando

NOAA's National Ocean Service sent this bulletin at 05/05/2023 01:19 PM EDT

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. 

 

 

Join NGS at the
2023 FIG Working Week
in Orlando, Florida

 

 

NGS is excited to announce that we will be presenting a full-day’s worth of content on the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) Modernization during the FIG Working Week 2023 meeting, taking place at the end of May 2023 in Orlando, Florida. For the first time in over 20 years, this annual gathering of the International Federation of Surveyors will be taking place in the United States, hosted by the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Click here to register now!

 

Attendance at NGS Day is included in the registration fee for the Working Week. If you wish to only participate in this event you can make a Day Registration for Wednesday 31 May. This day registration will also include the FIG Working Week Keynote Session.

Below is the updated agenda for NGS Day at the 2023 FIG:

 

Updated Agenda:

 

09:00 - 11:00: FIG Keynote - Featuring Juliana Blackwell, Director of National Geodetic Survey 

11:00 - 11:30: Coffee and Tea Break

11:30 - 13:00: Practical implications of National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) Modernization 

  • Practical impacts of the modernized NSRS 
  • Canada’s implementation of the modernized frames
  • Changes Afoot: State Plane 2022 and Retirement of the U.S. Survey Foot 
  • Preparing for the Modernization of the NSRS
  • Q&A

13:00 - 14:30: Lunch

14:30 - 16:00: Update on the NOAA CORS Network and OPUS 

  • The NOAA CORS Network (NCN) Services 
  • Updating OPUS-S to Support Multi-GNSS 
  • OPUS-Projects 5: Supporting RTK for Establishment of Geodetic Control 
  • OPUS-Projects for Manager’s Training - Transitioning from Instructor-led to Online, Self-paced instruction 
  • Augmenting Data exchange formats for OPUS of the future 
  • Q&A

16:00 - 16:30: Coffee and Tea Break

16:30 - 18:00: Case studies of Surveys NGS does now and how they will change

  • Implementing NGS OPUS Projects’ GVX feature to align RTK vectors to the NSRS to establish Geodetic Control for FirstNet Indoor Mapping. 
  • IGLD: A case study for leveraging digital tools to enhance QA/QC on large scale static GNSS observation campaigns 
  • Geodetic Leveling in the Modernized NSRS 
  • NGS Field Operations: Modernizing in Many Ways 
  • Q&A
  • Closing Remarks by Director of National Geodetic Survey

 

register
Orlando FIG 2023