Index of On-Line Publications
Popular Publications and Recommended
Reading
Basic Geodesy: Classical Surveying, History |
Computations,
Processing, Project Submission
GPS: Technology, Orbits, CORS |
National
Spatial Reference System: Datums, Networks, Coordinate Systems
Operations, Field Procedures |
Photogrammetry,
Remote Sensing, Shoreline Mapping
Special Projects |
Vertical: Vertical
Datums, Geoid
Miscellaneous |
Articles from Other
Sites |
NOAA Library Holdings
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and Charting Publications booklet for additional non-digital publications
Popular Publications and Recommended
Reading
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Basic Geodesy: Classical Surveying, History
Computations, Processing, Project Submission
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GPS: Technology, Orbits, CORS
-
The Evolution of the NGS
Continuously Operating Reference Station Network
and Online Positioning User Service
(pdf format)(July 27, 2006)
- Guidelines for New and Existing Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) (pdf format)(February 26, 2006)
- A Geodesist's View of the
Ionosphere (Powerpoint Presentation, 245KB)
- Absolute Ionosphere Slant Delays From Ambiguous Carrier Phase Data (Presentation) (pdf format)(January, 2005)
- Absolute Ionosphere Slant Delays From Ambiguous Carrier Phase Data (Paper) (pdf format)(January, 2005)
- Accuracy analysis of various NGS ionosphere estimation models (pdf format)(July, 2004)
- Computing unambiguous TEC and ionospheric delays using only carrier phase data from NOAA's CORS network (Paper) (pdf format)(July, 2004)
- Computing unambiguous Total Electron Content and ionosphere delays using only carrier phase data from NOAA.s CORS network (Presentation) (pdf format)(April, 2004)
-
Evaluation of the High Accuracy Reference Network relative to the Continuously
Operating Reference Stations
- Extending the National Geodetic Survey Standard GPS Orbit Formats TR NOS 133 NGS 46 (pdf format)(November 1989)
- Global GPS Data Analysis at the National Geodetic Survey (pdf format)(2009)
- Global Positioning System Carrier Phase: Description and Use (pdf format)(January 1985)
- GPS-Assisted Phototriangulation
Package (GAPP) - NOAA TM NOS C&GS 2 (pdf format)(November 1989)
- GPS CORS and Precise Orbit Data
from the National Geodetic Survey (pdf format)(April 1996)
- Ionospheric data assimilation methods for geodetic applications (pdf format)(April, 2004)
- Ionosphere monitoring using NOAA's CORS network (Presentation) (pdf format)(July, 2004)
- NGS GPS Orbit
Determination (Powerpoint Slide show) (August 2003)
- NGS Real Time User Guidelines v2.0.4
(pdf format) September 2008)
- A National Spatial Data System
Framework: Continuously Operating GPS Reference Stations (pdf format)(September
1994)
- On the Precision and Accuracy of IGS Orbits (pdf format)(2009)
- Overview of Global Positioning
System Continuously Operating Reference Stations
- --- Other CORS related
articles
National Spatial Reference System: Datums,
Networks, Coordinate Systems
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Operations, Field Procedures
Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Shoreline Mapping
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Special Projects
Vertical: Vertical Datums, Geoid
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum
for Surveying and Mapping Activities (June 23, 1993; NAVD88)
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities for Guam (January 22, 2009)
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities for the island of Tutuila, American Samoa (January 22, 2009)
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities for the islands of Rota, Saipan and Tinian of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (January 22, 2009)
- An Accuracy Assessment of The Geoid96 Geoid Height
Model for the State of OHIO.
- Baltimore County, Maryland, NAVD 88 GPS-derived
Orthometric Height Project (pdf format)
-
Bench Mark Reset Procedures (pdf format,1.3MB )( September 2007)
- The CARIB97
high resolution geoid height model for the Caribbean Sea
- Computing GPS-derived orthometric heights with the
GEOID90 geoid height model
- Converting GPS Height into NAVD 88 Elevation
with the GEOID96 Geoid Height Model
- Corrections Applied by the National Geodetic Survey to Precise Leveling Observations - NOAA TM NOS
NGS-34 (June 1982) HTML| PDF
- The EGM96 geoid: Subtle
points on the use of a global geopotential model
- Establishing Vertical Control Using GPS Satellite
Surveys (pdf format)
- Evaluation of the EGM96 Model of the Geopotential
in the United States
- Evaluation of Preliminary Models of the
Geopotential in the United States
- FGCS Specifications and
Procedures to Incorporate Electronic Digital/Bar-Code Leveling Systems
(pdf format)(July 1994)
- Federal Register Notices
- The GEOID96 high resolution geoid
height model for the United States
- Guidelines for Establishing GPS-Derived Ellipsoid Heights- NOAA TM NOS NGS-58(November
1997) HTML| PDF
- Guidelines for
Establishing GPS-derived Orthometric Heights (Standards: 2 cm and 5 cm) NOAA TM NOS NGS-59 PDF (March 26, 2008)
- Height
Modernization Study - Report to Congress - June 1998
- Improving Geoid Undulations and Ocean Dynamic
Topography Through Altimetry and A Modified Kalman Filter
- The New Adjustment of the North American Vertical Datum
(pdf format)(November 1996)
- International Geoid Commission Activity Report 1991-1995 (Various countries
including the USA)
(postscript format) (pdf
format)
- International Geoid Commission National Report
for the United States of America
- National Vertical Control Net (May 15, 1973; NGVD29)
- Notice to Adopt a Standard Model for Mathematical Vertical Datum Transformations (July 11th, 2007)
- Orthometric Height Determination Using GPS Observations
and the Integrated Geodesy Adjustment Model - NOAA TR NOS 110 NGS 32 (pdf
format)(April 1985)
- Post 2002 Hurricane Season Discussion.
NGS Director Charlie Challstrom's Presentation
[11.4 Mb Powerpoint file]
or view as a HTML slide
show (December 2002)
-
Rates of Vertical Displacement At Benchmarks in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Northern Gulf Coast
- NOAA TR NOS NGS 50 (pdf format)(July 2004)
- Recent Elevation Change in Southern California
- NOAA TM NOS NGS 7 (pdf format)(February 1977)
- Recent Investigations
Toward Achieving a One Centimeter Geoid
- Report to IAG SSG 3.136: High Resolution Geoid
Modeling and Evaluation
- Results of the General Adjustment of the
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
- --- Other articles on the geoid
- --- Other
articles on GPS-derived heights
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Miscellaneous
- Geographic Center of the United States
- CD-ROM as Medium for Large Geographic Information
Files
- U.S. Code, Part 1, Title 18, Chapter
91, Section 1858. Survey marks destroyed or removed
- Federal Register Notices (pdf format)
- Use of the NAD 83 / WGS 84 Datum
Tag on Mapping Products (August 14, 1995)
- Adoption of Standard Method
for Mathematical Horizontal Datum Transformation (August 10, 1990;
NAD83)
- Affirmation of Datum for Surveying and
Mapping Activities (June 13, 1989; NAD83)
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum
for Surveying and Mapping Activities (June 23, 1993; NAVD88)
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities for Guam (January 22, 2009)
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities for the island of Tutuila, American Samoa (January 22, 2009)
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities for the islands of Rota, Saipan and Tinian of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (January 22, 2009)
- Notice to Adopt a Standard Model for Mathematical Vertical Datum Transformations (July 11th, 2007)
- Policy on Publication of Plane
Coordinates (March 24, 1977)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Idaho (October 5, 2006)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Iowa
(October 5, 2006)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Kansas (November 24th, 2006)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Maine (December 20th, 2007)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane
Coordinates in Feet in Minnesota (August 17th, 2007)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane
Coordinates in Feet in Nebraska (December 28th, 2007)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Nevada (July 28, 2006)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in New Jersey
(July 28, 2006)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Ohio
(March 5th, 2007)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane
Coordinates in Feet in West Virginia (August 17th, 2007)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Wyoming
(March 5, 2007)
- Publication North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in Feet in Wyoming (Part 2)
(March 5, 2007)
- National Vertical Control Net
(May 15, 1973; NGVD29)
- Refinement of Values for the Yard and
the Pound (June 30, 1959; Meters to Feet Conversion)
- FGCS Technical Publications (including
the NGS Blue Book)
- Final Report on Responses to Geodetic Data Questionnaire
- NOAA TM NOS NGS 2 (pdf format)(March 1976)
- NGS Report To Congress: Geodetic Programs
Needs of Louisiana and Wisconsin. (pdf format)August 2001
- A Free-Fall Determination of the Newtonian Constant
of Gravity
- Selection of a General Purpose Language Suitable
for Shipboard Data System III - NOAA TM NOS C&GS 1 (pdf format)(January
1984)
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