2010 Federal Geospatial Summit
On May 11 and 12, 2010, NGS hosted a summit to share information with other federal mapping agencies on proposed improvements to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS)--the coordinate system that defines latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity and orientation throughout the United States. Plans for the replacement of the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) were discussed.
Over 200 people attended the event in Silver Spring, Maryland from 45 different agencies and organizations across the country, including three international agencies. Additionally, over 200 people viewed the proceedings through a live Web-broadcast. Additional materials from the summit and information regarding any future, related events will be added to this Web page, so please continue to check back for further updates.
