Tag: NOAA
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National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Geodesy?
National Ocean Service-Diving Deeper Podcast-What is Geodesy? Learn about geodesy in this interview with Dru Smith from the National Geodetic Survey. The discussion highlights why geodesy is important and how we rely on it every day. Diving Deeper is a bi-weekly audio podcast featuring discussions with NOS scientists on a wide variety of ocean topics.…
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NOAA Names First Woman to Direct National Geodetic Survey
NOAA Names First Woman to Direct National Geodetic Survey Juliana P. Blackwell has been named the new director of NOAA’s Office of National Geodetic Survey where she will oversee NOAA’s responsibilities for the nation’s spatial reference system. She is the first woman to head the nation’s oldest federal science agency which was established by President…
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MAPPS Identifies More Than $73 Billion in Potential Geospatial Spending in Stimulus Bill Analysis
RESTON, VA, February 23, 2009 – The economic stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law last week by President Obama includes more than $73 billion in programs that will require geospatial data, technology, services and applications in at least 24 Federal agencies, according to an analysis by MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the association of geospatial…
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NGS Geodetic Tool Kit-Geodetic Tools for the Professional Land Surveyor
The NGS Geodetic Tool Kit is a great online resource with over 25 interactive geodetic computation tools. Many professional land surveyors who use GPS may be familiar with OPUS, however, the other programs deserve your attention as they may be the answer to your geodetic surveying computation questions. NGS Geodetic Tool Kit on-line interactive computation…
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Office Of Space Commercialization – Satellite Navigation
Check out the following information from the Office of Space Commercialization, on it’s Satellite Navigation page. There are a lot of good links and information about satellite GPS navigation. The use of satellites for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) has grown dramatically since the U.S. Government authorized civilian access to the Global Positioning System (GPS)…