[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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