{"id":6846,"date":"2025-09-21T07:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T14:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2025-12-22T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:52:10","slug":"nsrs-modernization-big-steps-forward-and-what-comes-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/nsrs-modernization-big-steps-forward-and-what-comes-next\/","title":{"rendered":"NSRS Modernization &#8211; Big Steps Forward and What Comes Next"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 27%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2007, NGS has worked toward a modernized NSRS. With such a long timespan, deadlines and priorities naturally shifted, but the ultimate goal remained a completely new NSRS, approved by the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (FGCS).<\/p>\n<\/div><figure  class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"336\" alt=\"Caltrans set up for GPS on Benchmark with smoke from nearby fires filling the air\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GOBSmokey.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4056 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GOBSmokey.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GOBSmokey-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most recently, NGS has decided to release (for testing and feedback) a few key components, and to seek FGCS approval on them, before the entire modernized NSRS is available. This decision was driven by the need for industry to have &#8220;final&#8221; components soon, to begin implementing them, in anticipation of the full release of the modernized NSRS in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 14, Dru Smith, NSRS Modernization Manager, NGS presented a webinar that discussed the key foundational products recently released to their Beta site for testing and feedback and look towards the next steps towards a modernized NSRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Webinar can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/geodesy.noaa.gov\/web\/science_edu\/webinar_series\/nsrs-mod-next.shtml\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Additional Questions and Answers can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralcoastclsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NGS-Webinar-QA-Doc-August-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2007, NGS has worked toward a modernized NSRS. 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