Publications

March 1999

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM NGS

GPS-Related Publications

NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NGS-58; Guidelines for Establishing GPS-derived Ellipsoid Heights, by Zilkoski, D'Onofrio, and Frakes,1997,11 pp., $1.90
GPS CORS and Precise Orbit Data from the National Geodetic Survey, by Spofford, 1997, 10 pp., $1.30
A National Spatial Data System Framework: Continuously Operating GPS Reference Stations, by Strange, 1994, 8 pp., $1.30
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NGS-52. Pseudo-kinematic GPS Results Using the Ambiguity Function Method, by Remondi, 1990, 23 pp., $1.90
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NGS-55. Kinematic GPS Results Without Static Initialization, by Remondi, 1991, 25 pp., $2.20
Geometric Geodetic Accuracy Standards and Specifications for Using GPS Relative Positioning Techniques, by Federal Geodetic Control Committee, 1989, 50 pp., $3.75
NOAA Technical Report NOS 110 NGS-32. Orthometric Height Determination Using GPS Observations and the Integrated Geodesy Adjustment Model, by Hein, 1985, 16 pp., $1.60

State Plane Coordinate System Publications

NOAA Manual NOS NGS 5. State Plane Coordinate System of 1983, by Stem, 1989, 119 pp., $10.00.
Fundamentals of the State Plane Coordinate Systems, by Dracup, 1974, 60 pp., $4.40
Understanding the State Plane Coordinate Systems, by Dracup, January 1977, 31 pp., $2.20

Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (FGCS) Publications

Standards and Specifications for Geodetic Control Networks, by Federal Geodetic Control Committee, 1984, 29 pp., $2.85
Input Formats and Specifications of the National Geodetic Survey Data Base, (three-volume Blue Book set) 1994, 394 pp., $28.80
Use and Value of a Geodetic Reference System, by Epstein and Duchesneau, 1984, 36 pp., $2.80
Multipurpose Land Information Systems: The Guidebook, by Federal Geodetic Control Committee, 1989-1994, 133 pp., $50.00

Calibration Base Line Publications:

NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NGS-8. Establishment of Calibration Base Lines, by Dracup, Fronczek, Tomlinson, and Spofford, 1994, 17 pp., $1.60
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NGS-10. Use of Calibration Base Lines, by Fronczek, December 1977, reprinted 1980, 38 pp., $2.80

Other Publications

NOAA Professional Paper NOS 2. North American Datum of 1983, by Schwarz, Editor, 1989, 256 pp., $25.00
NOAA Manual NOS NGS 1. Geodetic Bench Marks, by Floyd, 1978, 50 pp., $3.40
NOAA Technical Report NOS 73 NGS 8. Control Leveling (supersedes C&GS Special Publication 226), by Whalen, 1978, 20 pp., $1.90
Geodesy for the Layman, by Burkard, R. K., USAF, 1983, 96 pp., $6.90
NOAA Technical Report NOS 88 NGS 19. Horizontal Control (supersedes C&GS Special Publication 227), by Dracup, 1980, 32 pp., $2.50
Need for a Multipurpose Cadastre, by National Academy of Sciences, 1980, 112 pp., $8.10
Procedures and Standards for a Multipurpose Cadastre, by National Academy, 1983, 173 pp., $13.80