# Presentation: 356178

## NGS: Successes, Leadership Summit, and Milestones	

- By Acting NGS Director
- Dave Zilkoski

## Success Stories Towards Our Vision

- OAD – new recruits, state advisors coming from Norfolk
- Greatly increased orbit accuracies
- Stellar Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- Over 11,000 images posted on-line

## Success Stories (cont’d)

- Growth of Spatial Reference Centers
- California, Washington, Louisiana
- Potential in Texas and Wisconsin
- Innovative Partnerships
- FEMA, SWaPS, Google Earth
- Over 700 CORS sites

## Success Stories (cont’d)

- Continued increase in Congressional support for Height Mod
- KY, AL, SC, WI, WA, TX, MS, LA, NC, CA
- 2 millionth UFCORS package delivered
- Over 126,000 OPUS solutions in FY 2005

## Where We’re Headed

- Continued focus on model and tool development, building outside capacity
- Budget is steadily showing increased support for Height Mod
- How can we implement regionally/nationally?
- Partnerships within NOAA to strengthen our connections to other Programs
- IOOS, IOCM
- Increased focus on milestones, performance measures

## Leadership Summit Results

**Hire Webmaster - Gordon Adams**
- Evaluate infrastructure in light of possible real-time, etc. - Richard Snay
- Implement OPUS-DB, RS Projects - Neil Weston
**Completion and implementation of leveling software - Gordon Adams**
- Develop real time CORS strategy - Neil Weston

## Leadership Summit Results

- Identify personnel needs/opportunities for employees for long-term training and educational opportunities - Dru Smith
**Make training materials available for NGS priorities and programs - Gilbert Mitchell**
- Produce one DVD of Dave Doyle’s Workshops - Gilbert Mitchell
**Increase field presence/effectiveness of spatial reference centers - Gilbert Mitchell**

## Leadership Summit Results

**Hiring Plan - Brian Taggart**
- Hire gravity manager - Gerry Mader
- Increase number of State Advisors - Gilbert Mitchell
**NGS Director evaluates priorities.  Clear statement of what they are and how Division Chiefs/Priority Leads interact - Dave Zilkoski**

## Leadership Summit Results

**Centralize project tracking/proposal on-line - Brian Taggart**
- Implement MIS - Gordon Adams
- Integrate MTS and Geodesy PBAs and staff support - Brian Taggart
**Prioritize NGS-wide activities based on politics, mission, requirements - Dave Zilkoski**

## Leadership Summit Results

**Extend NGS expertise and experience to other accuracy regimes (GIS/POE/RS) - Mike Aslaksen**
- Each Priority Lead identifies potential integration needs - Each Priority Lead
- Create Working group to identify the affects and impacts of GNSS - Richard Snay
**Development of ADCAT/datalogger - Mark Howard**

## Leadership Summit Results

- Develop a plan for collection of gravity data across North America - Gerry Mader
**NGS Research plan development – Geodesy and Remote Sensing - Dru Smith**
**Develop 10 year comprehensive plan - Dru Smith**

## 2006 Milestones 

- 100 CORS Stations delivering real-time data to NGS.
**Development of the vertical component of the NGS 10 year plan, to include plans for a Geoid model, VDatum, aerial gravity, orthometric heights on CORS, redefinition of a national vertical datum, and other necessary components.**

## 2006 Milestones

- OPUS-Database (OPUS-DB) option available to public in Jan '06.
- OPUS-Rapid Static (OPUS-RS) initial operational capability in Jun '06.
**OPUS-Projects initial operational capability in Sep '06.**
- Outreach through 25 Height Modernization User Forums, workshops, meetings, etc.

## 2006 Milestones

- Publication and implementation of new CORS guidelines.
**Award grants and work for 14 states for Geodetic Survey and Height Modernization efforts.**
- National Readjustment Web Page developed and posted on NGS web site

## 2006 Milestones

**Develop QA/QC guidelines and standards to meet FAA's request to quality assure airport surveys completed by private surveying firms.**
- Complete and deliver 150 Area Navigation Approach (ANA) LPV obstruction surveys for the FAA WAAS Program office and
- Complete 45 Airport Obstruction Chart surveys for the FAA Aeronautical Information Services Division (ATA-100).

- Questions?