[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 57263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23356]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
New Policy Announcing That Traditional Horizontal Survey Projects
Performed With Terrestrial Survey Techniques Will No Longer Be Accepted
for Processing or Loading Into NGS Databases
AGENCY: National Geodetic Survey (NGS), National Ocean Service (NOS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Informational Notice.
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SUMMARY: Beginning January 1, 2011 the National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
will cease accepting data, all orders and classes, from triangulation
and traverse geodetic surveys as they are described in the Federal
Geodetic Control Committee September 1984 ``Standards and
Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks'' for inclusion into the
NGS Integrated Data Base (NGSIDB).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mr. Mark Eckl, Observation and Analysis Division
Chief, National Geodetic Survey (N/NGS4), 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone: (301) 713-3176 x 117; E-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Geodetic Survey has not
received a traditional (triangulation or traverse) survey for purely
horizontal work since 2006. All horizontal surveys relevant to the
mission of NGS performed by individuals external to NGS are now
performed with GPS. The maintenance of computer software and hardware
dedicated to traditional horizontal surveys requires use of resources
that are limited and will be used more appropriately elsewhere.
Dated: September 1, 2010.
Juliana P. Blackwell,
Director, Office of National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-23356 Filed 9-17-10; 8:45 am]
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