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Contracting NEWS_-------_FedBizOpps_-------_Scopes of Work and References

The complete Scopes of Work for various contracts are contained below.
(CAUTION: VERY large files. Download times may be extreme).

Leveling

Version 9 (4 MB)

Shoreline Mapping:

Version 13A (26.6 MB)
Version 12 (not currently online)

Height Modernization

Version 10a (22 MB)
Version 9 (not currently online)

The following is a list of sites that have been cited in NGS Scopes of Work (SOWs):

For information on the National Spatial Reference System: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/INFO/OnePagers/One-Pager_NSRS.pdf
For information on the most recent Geoid Model, GEOID99: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GEOID/
For NOAA Chart #1: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/
For the "Nautical Chart User's Manual": http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/staff/NCUM/ncum.htm
For the "Glossary of Aids to Navigation Terms": http://164.214.12.145/pubs/USCGLL/pubs_j_uscgll_list.html Then select Volume I, click "Front Matter" and go to page XXV.
For a listing of the latest editions of Nautical Charts: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/dole.htm
For additional information about NOAA tidal stations (gauges and bench marks) in Alaska: http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/geographic.html
For a list of NGS forms: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PROJECTS/GPSmanual/data.htm#forms
For processing of static observations using the NGS "Online Positioning User Service" (OPUS): http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS/index.html
For the "General Specifications for Aeronautical Surveys, Volume I, Establishment of Geodetic Control on Airports": http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/AERO/aerospecs.htm#vo11 and/or http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/FGCS/BlueBook/
For information on Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards : http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/documents/standards/accuracy/chapter3.pdf
For online sun-angle solutions: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/
For information on the Mean High Water (MHW): http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/RSD/coastal/index.html
For survey points to be used as starting control, found in the NGS database: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/datasheet.prl
To download NGS dataheets: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/
For use of NGS program WDDPROC: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/DDPROC4.XX/ddproc.index.html
For information on geodetic quality GPS observation: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/AERO/aerospecs.htm#vo11
To download CORS data: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/
For NGS orbits: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GPS/GPS.html
For NGS software ADJUST and other programs: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/pc_prod.shtml
For information on NAVD 88: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NAVD88/navd88report.htm
For information on the High Accuracy Reference Network (HARN): http://www.ngs.noaa.gov:80/faq.shtml
For NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NGS 58 "Guidelines for Establishing GPS-Derived Ellipsoid Heights (Standards: 2 cm and 5 cm)": http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NGS-58.html
For NOAA manual NOS NGS 1 "Geodetic Bench Marks": http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/GeodeticBMs.pdf
For information on GPS Antenna Calibration: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ANTCAL/

Additional Aeronautical Survey Program SOW Links:

Additional Coastal Mapping Program SOW Links:

Additional Height Modernization SOW Links:

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