2017 PLSC Track: Gravity - Not just a Law: It is the Basis of NGS's New Geopotenial Datum with a 1-Meter Change
1. geodesy.noaa.gov
Gravity - Not just a Law:
It is the basis of NGS’s new
Geopotential Datum With a 1-
meter change
Pam Fromhertz
Rocky Mountain Regional Advisor
pamela.fromhertz@noaa.gov
GISITR
September 21, 2017
3. NGS’ Mission
To define, maintain and provide access
to the National Spatial Reference
System (NSRS) to meet our Nation’s economic,
social, and environmental needs.
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The NSRS is a consistent coordinate system that
defines latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity,
orientation, and shoreline throughout the United
States.
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4. Role of Datums and
Geodetic Control
• Geodetic control provides a common
reference system for establishing coordinates
for all geographic data.
• All NSDI framework data and users'
applications data require geodetic control
to accurately register spatial data.
• The National Spatial Reference
System is the fundamental geodetic control
for the United States.
• A geodetic datum is an abstract coordinate
system with a reference surface (such as sea
level) that serves to provide known locations
to begin surveys and create maps.
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Gravity - 1 of 4 fundamental forces in nature
Newton Law of universal gravity – “a force which causes any 2 bodies
to be attracted to each other, with the force proportional to the product
of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the
distances between them”-wikipedia
Einstein – more than a force – a curve in the 4th
dimension of space
and time - HowStuffWorks
8. Geoid Slope Validation Survey (GSVS17)
Colorado along Hwy 160
Durango to Walsenburg
>1250m (~4100 ft) elevation change
221 new monuments, 221 miles of hwy
September 21, 2017 GISITR
9. New Datums and
Reference Systems
Planned for 2022
• Replace NAD83 with a
geocentric reference frame
• GNSS based
• Replace NAVD88 with a
gravity based geoid
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11. TIME NETWORK LOCAL
NETWORK SPAN ACCURACY ACCURACY .
NAD 27 1927-1986 10 meter s (1 part in 100,000)
NAD83(86) 1986-1990 1 meter (1 part in 100,000)
NAD83(199x)* 1990-2007 0.1 meter B-order (1 part in 1 million)
HARN A-order (1 part in 10 million)
NAD83(NSRS2007) 2007 - 2011 0.01 meter 0.01 meter
(CORS)
NAD83(NSRS2011) 2011 - 2022 0.01 meter 0.01 meter
(CORS)
National Spatial Reference System(NSRS)
Improvements in the Horizontal Datums
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15. Why replace NAVD 88 and NAD 83?
•ACCESS!
• easier to find the sky than a 60-year-old bench mark
• GNSS equipment is cheap and fast
•ACCURACY!
• easier to trust the sky than a 60-year old bench mark
• immune to passive mark instability
•GLOBAL STANDARDS!
• systematic errors of many meters across the US
• aligns with GPS, international efforts
• aligns with Canada, Mexico
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17. Replace NAD 83
~2.24 m
NAD 83 origin
“2022” origin
Earth’s Surface
hNAD83
h”2022”
Simplified Concept of NAD 83 vs. “2022”
φNAD83 – φ”2022”
λNAD83 – λ”2022”
hNAD83 – h”2022”
all vary
smoothly by latitude
and longitude
20. So…what is “Geopotential”
•Geo: Earth
•Potential: Gravity Potential Energy
•Geopotential: Gravity Potential Energy Field
that surrounds the Earth.
February 8, 2017 2017 Geospatial Summit, Silver Spring MD
21. Gravity for the Redefinition of the
American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D)
https://www.geodesy.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/September 21, 2017 GISITR
25. Ellipsoid, Geoid, and Orthometric Heights
(NAVD88) H
H = Orthometric Height (leveling)
H = h - N
TOPOGRAPHIC
SURFACE
h = Ellipsoidal Height (GPS)
N = Geoid Height (model)
h (NAD83)
Ellipsoid
N
Geoid
Geoid Height
(GEOID12B)
Heights – why so important?
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28. Horizontal = 1.36 m (4.5 ft)
Ellipsoid Height = - 0.88 m (-2.9 ft)
Computed with HTDP and Inverse
Orthometric Height = - 0.67 m (- 2.2 ft)
Computed with xGEOID17B
Predicated Positional Changes in 2022
Computed for JOG near Inverness Hotel
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29. NSRS Modernization News
Four Terrestrial Reference Frames
•North American Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022
(NATRF2022)
•Pacific Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022 (PATRF2022)
•Mariana Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022 (MATRF2022)
•Caribbean Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022 (CATRF2022)
Geopotential Datum for Heights and other Physical Coordinates
•North American-Pacific Geopotential Datum of 2022
(NAPGD2022)
Geoid Model (time-dependent, provided in three regions)
•GEOID2022
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Geodesy is the business of the National Geodetic Survey (NGS).
NGS develops and maintains the National Spatial Reference System, a national coordinate system that provides the foundation for transportation, navigation, land record systems, mapping and charting efforts, and a multitude of scientific and engineering applications.
This system defines position (latitude, longitude, and elevation), distances and directions between points, strength and direction of gravity (no, it is not simply “straight down”), shoreline, and how these change over time.
Back in the 1600s, Isaac Newton defined gravity as a universal force acting on all matter. According to his theory, the exact expression of gravity came down to mass and distance. The farther apart two particles are and the less massive they are, the less the gravitational force.
in the 1900s, a wild-haired physicist by the name of Albert Einstein stepped in the ring and let fly with his general theory of relativity.
Einstein argued that gravity was far more than just a force; it was a curve in the fourth dimension of space and time. Given sufficient mass, an object can cause an otherwise straight beam of light to curve.
Newton's law of universal gravitation, which describes gravity as a force which causes any two bodies to be attracted to each other, with the force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Things are looking up! GNSS technologies simplify and improve access to and accuracy of our spatial reference system.
While we can continue to leverage this technology to maintain the old datums, it makes sense to adopt GRAV-D results in an unpolluted form, and align it to modern global standards.
Pictured: Airborne gravity survey grid and the current status of GRAV-D, with more than 45 percent of the U.S. and its territories covered and GRAV-D airborne data collected.
In 2010, began operational collection of airborne gravity data to calculate a geoid model and ultimately a new vertical reference system for accurate height measurements up to 2 cm in the U.S. and territories.
Provides highly accurate height measurements to determine where water flows
Connects satellite and terrestrial gravity measurements for efficient and accurate gravity monitoring
Benefits include $240 Million from improved floodplain mapping alone
W 409
39 39 04.08012(N) 104 58 24.09935(W) ELLIP HT- 1623.109
xGeoid17B
Your input in NAD83 (2011) epoch 2010.00: Latitude Longitude Ellipsoid Height Station 39 39 04.08012 104 58 24.09935 1623.109 W409 Your Result in IGS08 epoch 2022.00: Latitude Longitude Ellipsoid Height 39 39 4.09812 104 58 24.15163 1622.229
Inverse
1.3644
W 409
39 39 04.08012(N) 104 58 24.09935(W) ELLIP HT- 1623.109
xGeoid17B
Your input in NAD83 (2011) epoch 2010.00: Latitude Longitude Ellipsoid Height Station 39 39 04.08012 104 58 24.09935 1623.109 W409 Your Result in IGS08 epoch 2022.00: Latitude Longitude Ellipsoid Height 39 39 4.09812 104 58 24.15163 1622.229
Inverse
1.3644
JOG
39 34 05.17554(N) 104 52 18.24483(W) ADJUSTED KK1696* NAD 83(2011) ELLIP HT- 1779.178
2022 - 39 34 5.19356 104 52 18.29696 1778.294
Four Terrestrial Reference Frames
Replacing the three existing NAD 83 reference frames will be four plate-fixed terrestrial reference frames. The tectonic plate for each frame may be inferred from their names.
Geopotential datum
A geopotential datum will be created which will contain all of the information necessary to provide mutually consistent orthometric heights, geoid undulations, gravity anomalies, deflections of the vertical and all other geodetic coordinates related to the gravity field.
Geoid model
Within NAPGD2022, a variety of products will exist. The most prominent will be a time dependent model of the geoid, provided in three regions (the first covering the entirety of North and Central America, Hawaii, Alaska, Greenland and the Caribbean, the second covering American Samoa and the third covering Guam and the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands).