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The Height Modernization Program in the United States andthe Future of the National Vertical
Reference Frame
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Renee ShieldsNational Geodetic Survey, U.S.A.
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Historical National Vertical Datums in the United States
• Orthometric heights– Up to National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29)– North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88)– Defined through leveling network
• Ellipsoid heights– North American Datum of
1983 (NAD 83)
• Geoid Heights– GRS80/NAD 83– Gravity– GPS on bench marks
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NGS’ Height Modernization Program
• Height Modernization Study – 1998– Cost benefits
– Pilot projects
– Guidelines
• Assistance to states through Federal Funding
• Refining geoid height model to fit NAVD 88
• Goal: Improve access to vertical control
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Problems Maintaining this kind of Vertical Datum
• Dependence on passive control
• Dynamic nature of Earth’s surface
• Inherent error propagated on a national scale in leveling measurements
• Expense of monitoring network – requires return to marks
• Maintaining multiple Datums – can’t level between islands/territories and conterminous U.S.
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• Short term fix: Height Modernization GNSS surveys– Requires accurate geoid model
– Requires minimal NAVD 88 control to get the model
• Long term fix: Re-level NAVD 88– Cost estimate between $200 million and $2 billion
• Fixes don’t address many issues with the datum
• Third option - Replace NAVD 88
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Fixing NAVD 88
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When to Redefine a Datum
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• When more observations/stations will improve the network accuracy/consistency
• When better field and adjustment procedures can improve results
• When deficiencies in the network make it distorted or inaccessible
• When better technology can give you more accurate data, or a better way to access datum
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• Airborne Gravity Snapshot• Absolute Gravity Tracking• Re-define the Vertical Datum
of the USA • Target date 2018 per 10-year
plan• Target: 2 cm accuracy
orthometric heights from GNSS and a geoid model
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GRAV-D: Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum
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Maintaining a datum - monitoring gravity
• Space based gravity data
• Repeat absolute and relative gravity
• Static in short term
• Update in long term
• Metadata includes epoch, velocities
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NGA fundedNRL plane
USACE fundedAs of
Nov 2009:6.7% of planned areashave been flown
What is the status of GRAV-D?
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• One consistent vertical datum spanning North America and US Territories– Canada – also moving to Geoid based Datum
– Mexico, Central America, Caribbean – not planning on change yet but datum is available to them
• Datum is only accurate to 2 cm (4 cm network) at best at any given point (GNSS error + geoid error)– However, this is an improvement over NAVD 88
realization error
– The datum could then be disseminated locally through very precise geodetic leveling
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Pros and Cons of the new Datum
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Height Modernization: Transitioning to a New Datum
• Improve access to NAVD 88 today– Identify areas of immediate critical need
– Build infrastructure that will help access today, and transformation tomorrow
• Prepare for transition to new vertical datum tomorrow–Models, tools, guidelines, specifications
– Education, outreach, capacity building
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Achieving the mission through partnerships
• NGS maintains and monitors framework for defining Datums and accessing reference frame: Continuous GNSS stations (CORS) and gravity data
• Increasing reliance on partners, the user community, to maintain the passive control infrastructure to suit their needs
• NGS provides models, tools, guidelines, specifications, education
• NGS uses community-provided data to improve models
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From NGS’ 10-Year Plan
NGS Mission: “Modernize the Geopotential (“Vertical”) Datum”
“The gravimetric geoid, long used as the foundation for hybrid geoid models, becomes the most critical model produced by NGS.”
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The NGS 10 year plan (2008-2018)
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/INFO/NGS10yearplan.pdf
The GRAV-D Project
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D
Socio-Economic Benefits of CORS and GRAV-D
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/Socio-EconomicBenefitsofCORSandGRAV-D.pdf
Additional Information
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Questions
Renee ShieldsHeight Modernization Manager301-713-3231, [email protected]
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/heightmod/EventsArchive.shtml
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