Precise geodetic infrastructure : national requirements for a shared resource / Committee on the National Requirements for Precision Geodetic Infrastructure, Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the National Requirements for Precise Geodetic Infrastructure.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geodesy--Standards--United States.

Geodesy.

Geophysics--United States.

Geophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding three fundamental properties of Earth: its geometric shape, its orientation in space, and its gravity field, as well as the changes of these properties with time. Over the past half century, the United States, in cooperation with international partners, has led the development of geodetic techniques and instrumentation. Geodetic observing systems provide a significant benefit to society in a wide array of military, research, civil, and commercial areas, including sea level change monitoring, autonomous navigation, tighter low flying routes for strategic aircraft, precision agriculture, civil surveying, earthquake monitoring, forest structural mapping and biomass estimation, and improved floodplain mapping. Recognizing the growing reliance of a wide range of scientific and societal endeavors on infrastructure for precise geodesy, and recognizing geodetic infrastructure as a shared national resource, this book provides an independent assessment of the benefits provided by geodetic observations and networks, as well as a plan for the future development and support of the infrastructure needed to meet the demand for increasingly greater precision. Precise Geodetic Infrastructure makes a series of focused recommendations for upgrading and improving specific elements of the infrastructure, for enhancing the role of the United States in international geodetic services, for evaluating the requirements for a geodetic workforce for the coming decades, and for providing national coordination and advocacy for the various agencies and organizations that contribute to the geodetic infrastructure.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary: A Shared National Resource""; ""1 Where on Earth Am I Now?""; ""2 Geodesy for the Benefit of Society""; ""3 Geodesy Requirements for Earth Science""; ""4 The Geodetic Infrastructure: Current Status and Future Requirements""; ""5 Geodetic Reference Frames and Co-Location Requirements""; ""6 Support for the Precise Geodetic Infrastructure""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""Appendix B: Presentations to the Committee""; ""Appendix C: Glossary""

""Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-120).

ISBN:

9786612917097

9780309163293

0309163293

9781282917095

1282917099

9780309158121

0309158125

OCLC:

701057225