{"id":1788912,"date":"2020-06-18T10:18:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788912"},"modified":"2020-06-18T10:18:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:18:38","slug":"the-impact-of-noaas-height-modernization-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/06\/the-impact-of-noaas-height-modernization-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impact of NOAA’s Height Modernization Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New York Times (Jonathan Corum), based on NOAA and NGS data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last month the New York Times<\/em> covered a subject<\/a> that you\u2019d expect to be too technical for the general reader: NOAA\u2019s efforts to recalibrate elevation data as part of its update to the National Spatial Reference System<\/a>, expected in 2022 or 2023. The height modernization program<\/a> corrects local elevation data\u2014which was last updated in 1988\u2014by using GPS and gravity mapping. The Times<\/em> article looks at the real-world implications of this effort, which will have the greatest impact the further west and north you go (see map above), from bragging rights about mountain elevation to whether your community is in a floodplain. [MAPS-L<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Previously: NATRF2022 Datum Coming to North America in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month the New York Times covered a subject that you\u2019d expect to be too technical for the general reader: NOAA\u2019s efforts to recalibrate elevation data as part of its update to the National Spatial… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[593,231,926,159,158],"class_list":["post-1788912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-surveying","tag-datum","tag-geodesy","tag-natrf2022","tag-noaa","tag-usa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1844800,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/noaa-will-continue-to-receive-vital-satellite-data-after-all\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788912,"position":0},"title":"NOAA Will Continue to Receive Vital Satellite Data After All","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"31 July 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"NOAA\u2019s hurricane forecasts will continue to be able to use data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). 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