VRSWG Update Renee Shields Height Modernization Manager National Geodetic Survey July 11, 2011

Identify common objectives, and find opportunities for cooperative projects, tasks (near-term) – Tri-lateral agency datum standardization (NOAA/USGS/USACE) – USGS Stream gage datum updates – USACE levee datum updates Vertical Reference System Work Group Work Plan USGS Stream Gage at Pacific Creek near Moran, WY

Identify Products and Services within each agency impacted by new vertical datums (near-term) – Develop strategy to address changes that will be required to P&S (near- to mid-term) – Develop pilot projects to address agency needs (near- to mid-term) Update existing guidelines, standards, specifications to support transition to new datums (long-term) Vertical Reference System Work Group Work Plan

Education, Outreach, Capacity Building for users (ongoing) Brief FGCS on accomplishments (ongoing) Identify POCs in agencies to join workgroup, perform tasks (ongoing) Vertical Reference System Work Group Work Plan

Teleconferences now held quarterly – next meeting October 6, 2011 – Attendance by NGA, USGS, USACE, NPS, FCC, FEMA – Meeting notes posted on FGCS web site Developed worksheet for each agency to identify their products/services that rely on vertical datums VRSWG Accomplishments: May 2010-Present

Agency Tracking Plan – DHS/FEMA

Agency Tracking Plan – USACE

Monthly teleconferences to inform users – value-added with guest speakers Education and outreach activities Support projects designed to enhance vertical component of NSRS, present and future – NC/FEMA Floodplain mapping pilot – see Poster session – TX Geoid Slope project – Surveys: So. LA, IGLD, MS and others Height Modernization Program Accomplishments: May 2010-Present

Discuss transition strategies with new datum project managers Support for GRAV-D and geoid model updates Develop National Height Modernization Plan (NHMP) – Internal Draft by end of FY2012 – Tie to NGS 10-year plan; incl. strategic plan and short-term operating plan – Emphasize coordination with federal partners – Include budget requirements/strategy Height Modernization Program Accomplishments: May 2010-Present

Infrastructure – Gap analysis – Modernize NGS geodetic control datasheets Guidelines, Models, Tools – Geoid12 – H- AND VTDP – OPUS: e.g. OPUS Projects workshop, July 11-12, San Diego – Update HM Guidelines, NGS58 and 59 Align NHMP with NGS Business Plan model

Education, Capacity Building – Update height modernization web site – Lidar workshop – August 18, 2011, Silver Spring, MD – 2 ND Federal Geospatial Summit, July 2012, San Diego, CA Align NHMP with NGS Business Plan model

Questions Renee Shields Height Modernization Manager , x116 Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. – Wyatt Earp A witty saying proves nothing. - Voltaire