NGS Director Juliana Blackwell discussed current and future programs to modernize the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) at the MAPPS 2017 Winter Conference in Palm Harbor, FL. Modernizing the NSRS includes the replacement of the current national datums... more
NGS hosted a standing-room-only turnout for the presentation "Coastal elevations explained: How accurate are your marsh elevations and tidal datums, and what does that mean for your project?" at Restore America's Estuaries 8th National Summit in New Orleans... more
NGS recently upgraded OPUS, which provides simplified access to high-accuracy National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) coordinates, to improve results in areas where Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) are distributed unequally... more
NGS taught a Maryland Master Naturalist class on coastal geomorphology, wetlands, and habitat resiliency in the face of sea level rise to showcase the use of a high-accuracy vertical control network... more