Arizona Height Modernization Program - AZHMP

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Arizona Height Modernization Program - AZHMP

• Dave Minkel
• NGS Geodetic Advisor to Arizona
• Geospatial Professional Member, APLS

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Presentation Outline

• Why Did We Pursue a Height Mod Grant?
• Problems with the Network
• Additional Benefits Expected
• How Did We Get an HM Grant?
• Activities
• What Do We Plan to Do Under AZHMP?
• 10-Year Plan
• Near-term Plan

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Why Did AZ Pursue a Height Mod Grant?

• Vertical Control Network Issues
• Dated
• Latest Campaign Leveling in 1992
• Not All Marks are NAVD 88
• Subsidence

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1967 - 1980 Elevation Change
DU01050 -2.302 ft
DU01051 -2.282 ft
0.73 miles
2006 Elevation Change (error) could be double,
i.e. -4.604 ft -4.564 ft, from published
1980 elevation (last year of leveling)
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Why Did AZ Pursue a Height Mod Grant?

• Vertical Control Network Issues
• Dated
• Latest Campaign Leveling in 1992
• Not All Marks are NAVD 88
• Subsidence
• Sparse Where We Need It
• Development Bulldozers Lost Marks
• Additional Benefits
• Tie the PLSS to the Network
• GDACS Project

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How Did AZ Get a HM Grant?

• Activities
• Talked HM Up _at_ AGIC APLS - 2003
• HM Forum in Spring 2004
• Congressional Delegation Briefings
• AZ State Cartographer Private Sector
  Representatives
• Local and D.C. Offices Visited
• AZHMP 3-Ring Binder
• Discuss APPLICATIONS BENEFITS to the Public,
  not what youre going to do!
• 10-Year Plan
• AZHMP 1-Pagers (Leave Behinds)

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AZHMP 10-Year Plan

• Establish Arizona Spatial Reference Center
• Survey Support (Contracts, Bluebooking, Advise)
• Data Archival Dissemination Services
• Outreach / Education / Coordination
• AZCORS (CORS/COBS)
• Statewide GNSS Base station network
• GNSS-based Statewide 3D Control Network
• Leveling
• Analysis of Network
• Leveling Where Needed
• Research

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AZHMP 10-Year Plan
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AZHMP - Funding

• FY06 Funding - 428K
• Grant (a.k.a. earmark) through NGS to Arizona
  State Lands Department
• Managed by State Cartographers Office (SCO)
• Plan Developed with SCO Advisory Team
• Private and Public Sector Membership
• FY07 Grant Applied For
• Looks Promising, but No News Yet
• So How Do You Do 2M Worth of Work with 428K?

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Survey Mini-GrantsPartnership 1

• 10K grants to local government to support AZHMP
  surveys
• Funding for 7 grants available
• Qualifying Surveys must
• Comply with AZHMP specifications
• NGS-58
• Establish 10 new 3-D stations
• Be published by NGS (i.e. bluebooked and
  accepted)
• Funds transferred to Local Govt. agency
• Agency responsible for accomplishing survey
• Supports Local Businesses
• Streamlines Contracting Process

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AZHMP-Funded AZCORS Sites Partnership 2

• AZHMP agrees to
• Provide equipment license for 9 sites
• Operate Station
• Distribute Static Real-Time data
• Partner provides some combination of
• Facility for base station
• Funding support
• Equipment, installation, etc.
• Location Must Support AZHMP Goals

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Partner-Funded AZCORS Sites Partnership 3

• Partner agrees to
• Buy base station under AZHMP contract
• 15K (equipment software license)
• Keep Station as part of AZCORS for 3 years
• Provide Site that meets AZCORS criteria
• AZHMP agrees to
• Operate and manage station
• Distribute Static Real-Time data
• Partner can be Private or Public Sector
• Partner does not even have to be in AZ

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FY06 Spending Plan pg 1

• Establish AZ Spatial Reference Center (ASRC)
• Virtual facility (computer in a closet)
• Located at AZ Counter-Terrorism Information
  Center (AcTIC)
• Manages/Operates AZCORS
• Distributes AZCORS Data
• Static data (1Hz 10Hz) download site
• DGPS stream for Vehicle Dispatch and Mapping via
  IP (digital wireless)
• RTK data stream (single base, not network) via IP
• Non-AZHMP funded Network RTK being Discussed

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FY06 Spending Plan pg 2

• Establish AZCORS
• AZCORS partner-funded stations
• 9 AZHMP-funded stations
• Page, AZ location already selected to support
  partnership with Utah
• Co-opt existing CORS/COBS
• Cost No-Cost options for Partners
• Support Mini-Grants
• Conduct Outreach
• Workshops
• AZHMP Briefings/Presentations

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Long-term Goal for AZHMP

• Migrate AZHMP from Federal, Grant-based Funding
  to State, Programmatic Funding
• Build Partnerships with Federal, State and Local
  Agencies
• Utilize Partner Resources to Implement AZHMP and
  Gain Additional Program Support
• Seek Additional Funding Sources
• FEMA Grant(s)
• Homeland Security Grants
• Demonstrate and Document Public Benefits of AZHMP

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Do You Need a HM Grant to Move Forward?

• Gila County
• Approximately 122 Stations set
• FEMA partnership on Tonto Basin saved 265K
  30 sq. mi.
• 28 savings on aerial mapping costs
• Cochise County
• Approximately 138 Stations Set
• Requiring ties to network for County GIS
• 38 Stations Simultaneously Observed in Last
  Survey
• 2 Companies Turned Down

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AZHMP Contact Info

• AZHMP Web Site - http//agic.az.gov/hm/
• Dave Minkel
• dave.minkel_at_noaa.gov
• 602-542-1569
• Gene Trobia
• 602-542-3190