Rejuvenating Pre-GPS Era Geophysical Surveys Using The National Map
Publication: Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 138, Issue 2
Abstract
Old geophysical surveys [pre–Global Positioning System (GPS)] stand as valuable, largely untapped sources of scientific data. If data from these surveys were in a format that had reasonable accuracy, availability, and ease of access, they could be more widely used. In this paper, a pre-GPS survey is integrated into a modern geographic database, in this case, The National Map (TNM). The ultimate goal is to improve the accuracy, precision, provenance, and ease of access of the geospatial components of archived geophysical data. An unique set of data sources was assembled for this purpose. A comparison of these different data sources indicates that more than 80% of stations were positioned on The National Map within 15 m (horizontal) and 2 m (vertical) of the GPS-derived coordinates for each station within the survey. Although online database coordinate accuracy continues to improve, these results imply that web databases have already matured to a point where it is possible to integrate pre-GPS era survey coordinate data with reasonable positional accuracy.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Dean Gesch, Steve Helterbrand, Katherine Laub, David Shaver, Lynn Usery, and Kristina Yamamoto of the USGS; Rebecca Powell of the University of Denver; and Seth Stein of Northwestern University for insightful and thorough reviews of the manuscript.
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Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 138 • Issue 2 • May 2012
Pages: 57 - 65
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© 2012. American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 29, 2011
Accepted: Sep 22, 2011
Published online: Apr 16, 2012
Published in print: May 1, 2012
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