HEIGHT
MODERNIZATION COORDINATION MEETING
Meeting
Notes
Purpose: To exchange information and provide an
update on Height Modernization activities, events, and issues
Budget Update Juliana Blackwell
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Contractual services for software development (such as
leveling and web-enabled programs, Windows interface for NGS’ ADJUST software,
Pocket GPS Manager), research and development projects (NGS 58 guidelines,
geoid modeling), and project coordination and analysis;
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Travel - NGS and invitational travel to
participate in HM user forums, meetings, and conferences; and,
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Equipment – leveling equipment (for training
purposes), GPS/GIS equipment for educational programs, fixed height poles,
hardware and software support.
Grants! Renee Shields
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Suggestion
was made to add a “Grants” link or general information on grants and updates
to the NGS or HM webpage
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Grant
recipients should file paperwork this year, but NOAA will be switching to
grants online soon
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Two
training classes will be held in
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Informational
letters were sent out in August 2004 for those who received HM grants last
year. Letters will go out ASAP to the
2 new states receiving HM funding this year.
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For
more information check out http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/~grants/
and grants online at http://www.grants.gov/
Leveling with
you…
Frank Mowry
What’s going
on? Gilbert Mitchell
NGS
Convocation
o
Outreach
presentation (Friday afternoon) would have been more beneficial earlier in
the week
o
Include
hands-on workshops – too hard to sit still and listen for hours
o
More
discussion needed on NGS “Vision”
o
More
involvement of
o
Schedule
time for State Advisor “reports” as in previous Convocations
Scheduling
for 2005 (state, regional, National)
·
NGS
plans to hold regional Height Modernization meetings or possibly one National
Height Mod meeting in
Recent
meetings
Programs/Software/Web
All
Status of programs and tools
underway
·
ADJUST
interface program – Mike Potterfield
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PDA
application to log GPS observation information –
Information
needed - State Pages, Gravity, Leveling
·
Please
provide relevant information on Height Modernization events, projects, links,
etc., to Juliana Blackwell.
Projects – Who’s
doing what? All
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LSRC
to host Geospatial Data Exchange Expo on May 10-11 for users of GIS data (Dr.
Dokka)
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January
27 – Florida DOT & Alabama DOT met to discuss Height Modernization (Ronnie
Taylor)
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Week
of May 16th – plan to hold a Height Modernization Forum in
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Plea
to change the way NGS does adjustments –
Action items:
1.
Add Grants link and/or info to Height
Mod webpage
2.
Add Gravity/Geoid link and/or info
to Height Mod webpage
3.
Add Height Modernization Survey Station
tag to datasheets
4.
Check on