After an extensive review of stakeholder feedback on the original draft of the NGS Ten Year Plan, a final version was created and approved by the NGS Executive Steering Committee on January 9, 2008. The Ten Year Plan establishes a modern mission and a bold vision for NGS and describes how NGS can realize that vision through five ambitious technical improvements: (1) Modernize the Geometric ("horizontal") Datum, (2) Modernize the Geopotential ("vertical") Datum, (3) Migrate the Coastal Mapping Program toward Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM), (4) Evolve Core Capabilities, and (5) Increase Agency Visibility.
Click here to download the NGS Ten Year Plan.
To view the previous superseded NGS Long-Range Plan from 1998, please click here.
The NGS Strategic Plan
To realize the vision of the NGS Ten-Year Plan, NGS has adopted a Strategic Plan, which looks three years out. NGS leadership reviews the Strategic Plan annually and modifies it as necessary. Click here to download the 2012 NGS Strategic Plan.
Click here to view the previous, superseded 2011 NGS Strategic Plan and 2009 NGS Strategic Plan.
2010 Federal Geospatial Summit
On May 11 and 12, 2010, NGS hosted a summit to share information with other federal mapping agencies on proposed improvements to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) outlined in the Ten Year Plan. Visit the summit webpage here to learn more about the proceedings.
