NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will host their second Geospatial
Summit on Improvements to the National Spatial Reference System at the
Survey Summit and Esri User Conference in San
Diego in July 2012.
Attendees will find out more about the planned retirement of the North
American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD 88), how this will impact mapping work and what tools are planned to ease
the transition to new, more accurate datums.
Attendance is free, but people interested in attending need to indicate that
they plan to attend to allow NGS to best accommodate all interested
participants. To share this information with NGS, indicate the Geospatial
Summit event(s) if or when registering for theSurvey Summit orEsri
User Conference.
The events include:
SUNDAY, July 22, 2012
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego
This full day event will feature presentations from NGS, demonstrations of
GIS tools and an expert panel discussion.
Agenda
TUESDAY, July 24, 2012
Time: 12 PM - 2 PM
Location: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego
This two-hour event is a Special Interest Group meeting, part of the Esri
User Conference. NGS is seeking input specifically from the GIS community and
some information from Sunday will be repeated.
Agenda.
2012 Geospatial Summit Announced
April 23, 2012
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