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**Geodesy Roadmap to Resources** Global Positioning Tutorial  NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) develops and maintains a national system of positioning data for transportation, navigation, and communication systems. NGS also implements a coastal mapping program, conducts aerial photography surveys, develops standards for conducting geodetic surveys and assists state, county, and municipal agencies throughout the United States with training workshops. The Web pages below are a small selection of information and technical resources provided by NGS and similar organizations around the world. Some of the pages below reside within larger sites. You may wish to browse these sites and examine many of the other available resources. **About The National Geodetic Survey** https://geodesy.noaa.gov/INFO/WhatWeDo.shtml **NOS Ocean Facts About Geodesy** https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ The History of the National Geodetic Survey  https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/about_ngs/history/ This website provides a wealth of information on the history of the National Geodetic Survey and its evolution from the Survey of the Coast, the United States first civilian scientific agency, formed  by Thomas Jefferson in 1807. In addition to over 600 pages of reader-friendly text, there are links to historical photo albums, short stories about  geodetic expeditions, as well as historical maps  and charts. A must see! **The National Geodetic Survey's Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) website.**https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/ This is the official website of NGS's continuously operating reference stations (CORS). Surveyors,  geographic information system (GIS) professionals, engineers, scientists,  and others use data from the CORS system to assure horizontal and vertical positioning accuracies within a few centimeters. A central feature of this website is a "dynamic" map of the United  States and its territories. The different symbols and colors on the map  indicate the locations and sampling rates of hundreds of CORS stations  in the United States' network. By selecting and "clicking" on an area  of the map you can "zoom" into a region where a CORS receiver is  located. By selecting and "clicking" on a specific receiver, you can  view a detailed area map showing the receiver's exact location, see  photographs of the receiver, and view coordinate data that the receiver  is collecting from Global Positioning System satellites in real time. When a specific receiver has been selected, you can obtain different kinds of information about it from the menu on the left hand side of the Web page. Just select the information you would like to see and then "click" the submit button. **The Geoid** https://geodesy.noaa.gov/GEOID/ This web page links to definitions, descriptions and research about the geoid. The link to "What is the Geoid" is geared to the general public and is accompanied  by several good images. While most links on the page present information better suited to individuals with specific training in the geodetic sciences, there are many excellent images and kernels of information sprinkled throughout this pages links.
  Geodesy **Lessons** Welcome What is Geodesy? The History of Geodesy The Geoid What is a Datum? The Horizontal Datum The Vertical Datum Gravity The National Spatial Reference System The Global Positioning System CORS and GIS References
  More **Information** Roadmap to Resources Subject Review Is the Earth round? (Ocean Facts)  Geodesy Education Heard of geodesy? These videos from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey offer a deep dive into the science of knowing where you – and everything else is in the world!
  The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) includes this resource in its database. NSTA provides educators and students access to Web-based, educationally appropriate science content that has been formally evaluated by master teachers.
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