New Datums in 2022 (Virtual Lunch & Learn)

For this virtual lunch & learn session, we welcome NOAA's Dan Martin for A Review of the new 2022 Datum.

Link to YouTube Video

In 2022, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will be replacing the US horizontal and vertical datums (NAD 83 and NAVD 88).  This talk will highlight the major changes and discuss impacts to the geospatial community to include the concept of time dependent coordinates and activities that are being undertaken to ensure a smooth transition to include new State Plane Coordinates.

About the speaker:

Dan Martin works for the National Geodetic Survey and has been the Northeast Regional Geodetic Advisor since 2015.  As the Regional Advisor, he instructs local surveyors, state and municipal agencies, and the geospatial community at large, on how to use and preserve the National Spatial Reference System, and provides liaison between the National Geodetic Survey and the States of ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, and NJ, as well as other federal agencies.   He worked in the Route Survey and Geodetic Survey sections of the Vermont Agency of Transportation from 1988 through 2003, and held the position of Geodetic Program Supervisor for the Agency from 1999 through 2003.  In 2003 Dan began his career with the National Geodetic Survey as the Vermont State Geodetic Advisor.  Dan is a Past President and Fellow Member of the American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS), he is also a member of the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors and the New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association.