NGS has posted some tools on their beta evaluation site that surveyors should be looking at and providing feedback. If past experience is an indicator they won't go "live" with these until such time as they have what they think are sufficient critical comments from the user community. Comments on these, and other NGS activities can be made through the pop up that you will often see when you're on their site or through links on the page:
New Horizontal/Geometric Datum Transformation tool (NADCON5) -- https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/gtkweb/
CORS map -- https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/corsmap/
OPUS Shared Solutions map -- https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/opusmap/
Dave: thanks for the links. If you don't know the links, I don't know of any other way to get to the beta sites, correct me if there is a page where you can access them from. In the past I have only found them after being told.
CORS looks good. The OPUS shared also looks good. I like the consistent interface.
I did listen in on the webinar about NADCON5, I have not yet had a chance to check it out.
base9geodesy, post: 410168, member: 7189 wrote: NGS has posted some tools on their beta evaluation site that surveyors should be looking at and providing feedback. If past experience is an indicator they won't go "live" with these until such time as they have what they think are sufficient critical comments from the user community. Comments on these, and other NGS activities can be made through the pop up that you will often see when you're on their site or through links on the page:
New Horizontal/Geometric Datum Transformation tool (NADCON5) -- https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/gtkweb/
CORS map -- https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/corsmap/
OPUS Shared Solutions map -- https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/opusmap/
Hi Dave,
On the first link (gtkweb), it doesn't do any datum transformations, only lat/lon/h - XYZ - SPCS - UTM - USNG so I hesitate to call it NADCON5 (yet).
For GEOCON v2.0 (conversions between NAD27/NAD83/HARN/FBN/NSRS2007/2011/etc., https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/geocon2/
What's being used as the base map at the CORS link?
In my area, it is displaying contours and some unspecified distances
I like the new CORS map. I suggested they add an "OPUS-RS quality" overlay display switch.
Paul in PA
A very minor niggle: The OPUS Shared map grouped points from a larger area than necessary into one of the yellow circles, especially when looking at the whole state If the points had all been shown some of them wouldn't overlap by a considerable margin.
I really like that tool, though.
^ because someone mentioned the betas in another thread. I gave them all a look. Thanks,