Sheena K. Beaverson (ISGS) Amy Eller (IDOT) Illinois Height Modernization Program http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/ilhmp Sheena K. Beaverson (ISGS) Amy Eller (IDOT)
Illinois Height Modernization Program Year 1: 2008-2009 funded $300,000 Year 2: 2009-2010 funded $725,000 Year 3: 2010-2011 funded $800,000 Federal appropriations through NGS HM supported by Congressman Johnson, Congressman LaHood, Congressman Shock, Senator Durbin $1.8 million total for Years 1-3
Illinois Height Modernization Program Project Goals Geodetic Leveling Installed 187 new benchmarks and visited 114 horizontal monuments along 8 level lines to add a total of 301 new benchmark records to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). LiDAR and Derivative Elevation Data Long-term management and distribution of data for 18 Illinois Counties acquired by various agencies. ILHMP, IDOT, NRCS, USGS, USACE, Illinois Counties Share information on commercial CORS, RTK
Illinois Height Modernization Program Year 4: 2011-2012 funding pending $3.5M Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), State Planning and Research (SPR) funds through IDOT Geodetic Leveling Install 500 new benchmarks along 6 level lines. LiDAR and Derivative Elevation Data Long-term management and distribution of data for 30 additional Illinois Counties acquired by IDOT, FEMA, IDNR. Years 5-8: additional $3.5M annually
Illinois Height Modernization Program Upcoming Projects LiDAR available for hashed, pink counties. LiDAR acquisition contracted for light green counties. LiDAR acquisition possible for gray, brown counties.
Illinois Height Modernization Program Showcase of LiDAR Data Applications documents 11 real-world uses of Illinois data.
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