National Geodetic Survey

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federal agency government organization

The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
National Geodetic Survey canonical 9
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 2
Coast and Geodetic Survey 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal agency ⓘ
government organization ⓘ
abbreviation NGS ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
defines geodetic datums for the United States ⓘ
geoid models ⓘ
horizontal datums ⓘ
vertical datums ⓘ
field cartography ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ
geospatial science ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
surveying ⓘ
formerName National Geodetic Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
foundedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
headquartersLocation Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Maryland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
maintains National Spatial Reference System ⓘ
geodetic control networks ⓘ
operates Continuously Operating Reference Stations network ⓘ
parentOrganization National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ
partOf National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
surface form: NOAA National Ocean Service
provides coordinate reference frames ⓘ
geodetic data ⓘ
geodetic tools and software ⓘ
height modernization services ⓘ
online geodetic data access ⓘ
survey control information ⓘ
responsibleFor National Spatial Reference System ⓘ
national coordinate system of the United States ⓘ
supports charting ⓘ
coastal management ⓘ
engineering projects ⓘ
floodplain management ⓘ
land surveying ⓘ
mapping ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
uses GNSS observations ⓘ
GPS ⓘ
surface form: Global Positioning System

geodetic leveling ⓘ
gravity measurements ⓘ
remote sensing ⓘ
website https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → hasDivision → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
National Geodetic Survey → formerName → National Geodetic Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States Geological Survey → operates → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Geospatial Program
United States Department of Commerce and Labor → hasComponent → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast and Geodetic Survey
BGN → usedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States mapping and charting agencies
National Spatial Reference System → maintainedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
NGS → alsoKnownAs → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
subject surface form: National Geodetic Survey
this entity surface form: U.S. National Geodetic Survey
National Ocean Service → hasPart → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
NSRS → administeredBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
North American Datum of 1983 → maintainedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
NAVD 88 → adoptedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
NAVD 88 → maintainedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
NAVD 88 → replacementPlannedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 → maintainedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
United States Coast Survey → followedBy → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
William Bowie Medal → namedForAffiliation → National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey