Policies

Current NGS Policies

Below is a list of the National Geodetic Survey's current policies.

Title Author Date
Policy On Changes to State Plane Coordinate Systems ESC 12/18/2012
Incorporation of Geodetic Data of other Organizations into the NGS Data Base ESC 04/17/2012
CORS Coordinate Policy ESC 12/20/2011
NGS Foreign Visitor Policy ESC 09/20/2011
EDMI Calibration Base Line Policy Fancher 10/02/2010
Policy on the International use of OPUS ESC 07/21/2008
NOS Contracting Policy for Survey and Mapping Services NOS 07/10/2010
Policy Statement: Supporting Real-Time GNSS Positioning ESC 07/01/2008
Units of Measure
for The State Plane Coordinate System of 1983
---- 02/01/2006
Using Height Modernization Program Stations' GPS-Derived Heights as Constraints in Leveling Adjustments ESC 04/13/2005
ITRF97 to NAD83 Transformation Snay 10/05/2000
ESC = NGS Executive Steering Committee

Superseded NGS Policies

Below is a list of the National Geodetic Survey's superseded policies.

Title Author Date
Policy on the GPS L2C signal ESC 01/23/2006
FBN Observation Policy ESC 09/27/2001
Policy On Changes to State Plane Coordinate Systems ESC 04/11/2001
FBN Station Selection Guidelines ESC 12/13/2000
Readjustment of the National Spatial Reference System Doyle 10/28/1998
NOS Contracting Policy for Survey and Mapping Services Wilson 06/19/1996
FBN Leveling Lapine 12/21/1995
FBN Replacement Policy Lapine 10/27/1995
Incorporation of Geodetic Data
of other Organizations into the NGS Data Base
---- 09/01/1994
Earthquake Response Policy Statement Holdahl 08/28/1992
HARN ---- 09/01/1991
Units of Measure for The State Plane Coordinate System of 1983 ---- 01/01/1991
ESC = NGS Executive Steering Committee
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