Meteorologist Austen OnekAug 25, 2025

"NOAA’s #NationalGeodeticSurvey is collecting aerial damage assessment images following #HurricaneErin. Imagery is collected by NOAA aircraft in specific areas identified by NOAA in coordination with federal and state partners.

Collected NOAA #EmergencyResponseImagery is available below and new imagery will be posted as soon as it is available."

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/aug25/ngs-hurricane-erin.html

Hurricane Erin: Aerial imagery

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is collecting aerial damage assessment images following the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country in the early hours of Friday, July 4, 2025. Imagery is collected by NOAA aircraft in specific areas identified by NOAA in coordination with FEMA and other state and federal partners.

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ§¬May 22, 2025
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
Agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude is struggling as federal employees forced out
Staff losses at #NationalGeodeticSurvey (#NGS), the oldest scientific agency in the #US, could further cripple its mission and activities, including a long-awaited project to update the accuracy of these measurements, former employees and experts say.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-cuts-are-killing-a-tiny-office-that-keeps-our-measurements-of-the-world-accurate/
https://archive.ph/zNNby
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate

A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.

WIRED
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksApr 10, 2024
The NSRS Horizontal Datums Will Be Tectonic Plate Based! | Changes To The Vertical Datums
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https://geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/index.shtml <-- details of the new NSRS datums, etc at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) website
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #coordinates #coordinatesystems #NationalGeodeticSurvey #NGS #datums #verticaldatum #NorthAmerica #horizontaldatum #NSRS #geology #NorthAmericanPlate #CaribbeanPlate #tectonics #platetectonics #movement #GPS #GNSS #geomorphometry #NAVD88 #NAD83 #accuracy #precision
New Datums - National Geodetic Survey