GEOID03 is a refined model of the geoid in the conterminous
United States (CONUS), which supersedes the previous models
GEOID90, GEOID93, GEOID96, and
GEOID99. For GEOID03
heights range from a low of -50.01 meters (magenta) in the Atlantic
Ocean to a high of 3.43 meters (red) in the Labrador Strait. However,
these geoid heights are only reliable within CONUS due to the limited
extents of the data used to compute it. GEOID03 models will not be
created for other regions. Instead, new models will be created for
all regions at a later date depending on improvements in data,
modeling and techniques.
Note that the GEOID03 file #7, which covers the
coastal Lousiana,
region, has been modified. It has been updated based on the most
recent VTDP model for the
region to better reflect the actual
orthometric heights at the bench marks.
- Information
- The Official NGS GEOID Page
- Readme file for GEOID03
- Technical details
- Geophysics of the Geoid
- On-Line Papers
- The Geoid Research Page
- Acknowledgements
- Data
- Related Pages
- The Official NGS GEOID Page
- Readme file for GEOID03
- Technical details
- Geophysics of the Geoid
- On-Line Papers
- The Geoid Research Page
- Acknowledgements