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North American Vertical Datum of 1988

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Since NGVD 29 used a simple model of gravity based on latitude to calculate the geoid and did not take into account other variations, elevation difference between points in a local area in it and NAVD 88 will show negligible change from one datum to the other, even though the elevation of both does
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The new reference frames will rely primarily on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), as well as on a gravimetric geoid model resulting from NOAA's Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) Project. These new reference
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Based on the more recent surveying techniques and data, it was determined that NAVD 88 is both biased (by about 0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in)) and tilted (about 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) coast to coast). To improve the
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North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) consists of a leveling network on the North American Continent, ranging from Alaska, through Canada, across the United States, affixed to a single origin point on the continent.
613:(NSRS), the National Geodetic Service will replace the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) and the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) with a new geometric reference frame and geopotential datum in 2025. 569:(NSRS) for the Conterminous United States and Alaska. (see Federal Register Notice (FRN)). Although many papers on NAVD 88 exist, no single document serves as the official defining document for that datum. 592: 580:(which approximates MSL) from modeled local gravity. The NAVD 88 model is based on then-available measurements, and remains fixed despite later improved geoid models. 401: 223: 391: 359: 470: 369: 617:
frames are intended to be easier to access, and maintain, than NAD 83 and NAVD 88, which rely on physical survey marks that deteriorate over time.
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NAVD 88, along with North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83), is set to be replaced in 2025 with a
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based upon the General Adjustment of the North American Datum of 1988.
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In 1993 NAVD 88 was affirmed as the official vertical datum in the
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US Department of Commerce, NOAA; US Department of Commerce, NOAA.
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NAVD 88 was established in 1991 by the minimum-constraint
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orthometric height, which calculates the location of the
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Illustration of vertical datums in the United States.
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Index

NAVD88
Geodesy

Geodesy
Geodynamics
Geomatics
History
Geographical distance
Geoid
Figure of the Earth
radius
circumference
Geodetic coordinates
Geodetic datum
Geodesic
Horizontal position representation
Latitude
Longitude
Map projection
Reference ellipsoid
Satellite geodesy
Spatial reference system
Spatial relations
Vertical positions
Global Nav. Sat. Systems (GNSSs)
Global Pos. System (GPS)
GLONASS (Russia)
BeiDou (BDS) (China)
Galileo (Europe)
NAVIC (India)

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