Reese Hirth, Geographer Midwest Regional Office, Omaha, NE (402) E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A GPS in the National Park Service FWS/NPS GIS Training Workshop March 3, 2016

NPS GPS Support E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 2 National GPS Program Lead National GPS Program Lead GPS and Mobile Mapping Committee GPS and Mobile Mapping Committee Regional Geospatial Support Centers Regional Geospatial Support Centers Trimble Certified Trainers Trimble Certified Trainers

GPS Support E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 3 Tim Smith - National GPS Program Coordinator Tim Smith - National GPS Program Coordinator GPS Committee Lead GPS Committee Lead Trimble Enterprise License Server Trimble Enterprise License Server Trimble Bulk Purchase Agreement Trimble Bulk Purchase Agreement ArcPad license tracking ArcPad license tracking Software Workflows Software Workflows ESRI Collector ESRI Collector Park Base Stations Park Base Stations Snowplow Operations Snowplow Operations

GPS Support E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 4 GPS and Mobile Mapping Committee GPS and Mobile Mapping Committee Park, Program, and Regional Office representatives Park, Program, and Regional Office representatives Monthly Meetings or Training Monthly Meetings or Training Sub-group focusing on survey-grade topics Sub-group focusing on survey-grade topics Trimble Registration Database Trimble Registration Database SharePoint and Google Sites SharePoint and Google Sites GPS program information GPS program information GPS training GPS training excess GPS equipment/software distribution excess GPS equipment/software distribution

GPS Support E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 5 Regional Geospatial Support Centers Regional Geospatial Support Centers Alaska – Joel Cusick Alaska – Joel Cusick IMR – Heidi Ogle IMR – Heidi Ogle MWR – Reese Hirth MWR – Reese Hirth NCR – Cynthia Wanshura NCR – Cynthia Wanshura NER – Nigel Shaw NER – Nigel Shaw PWR – Allen McCoy PWR – Allen McCoy SER – Chris Barrow SER – Chris Barrow

GPS Support E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 6 NPS Program Offices NPS Program Offices Cultural Resources – James Stein Cultural Resources – James Stein DSC – Rafael (Zak) Wood DSC – Rafael (Zak) Wood EPMT – Jennifer Sieracki EPMT – Jennifer Sieracki

GPS Support E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 7 Trimble Certified Trainers Trimble Certified Trainers Alaska – Joel Cusick Alaska – Joel Cusick TerraSync and Pathfinder Office since 2004 TerraSync and Pathfinder Office since 2004 MWR – Reese Hirth MWR – Reese Hirth TerraSync and Pathfinder Office since 2015 TerraSync and Pathfinder Office since 2015 NER – Neil Winn NER – Neil Winn Assateague Island National Seashore Assateague Island National Seashore TerraSync and Pathfinder Office since 2012 TerraSync and Pathfinder Office since 2012 CR GPS Field School – James Stein CR GPS Field School – James Stein

Success E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 8 Trimble Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Trimble Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Covers software and software maintenance Covers software and software maintenance Estimated $125K in savings per year Estimated $125K in savings per year Trimble Enterprise License Server (TELS) Trimble Enterprise License Server (TELS) Condensed hundreds of copies of PFO to 30 licenses Condensed hundreds of copies of PFO to 30 licenses Support is pretty good Support is pretty good

Success E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 9 Trimble Registration Database Trimble Registration Database NPS managed MS Access database created in 2009 NPS managed MS Access database created in 2009 Allows mapping of Trimble hardware/software Allows mapping of Trimble hardware/software Hundreds of hours maintaining the database Hundreds of hours maintaining the database

Success E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 10 Trimble Registration Database Trimble Registration Database Unmaintained copies of TerraSync Unmaintained copies of TerraSync

Success E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 11 Survey Control Installation/Updates Survey Control Installation/Updates

Frustrations E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 12 Fractious GPS environment on multiple levels. Fractious GPS environment on multiple levels. Individualistic nature of the Park Service Individualistic nature of the Park Service Highly varied budgets for equipment/software Highly varied budgets for equipment/software Contracting’s role in purchasing Contracting’s role in purchasing Incredibly fast pace of change Incredibly fast pace of change Impacts support… Impacts support… Affects consistency of data collection Affects consistency of data collection

Future E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 13 Trimble….. Trimble….. Migration from PFO to Business Center Migration from PFO to Business Center Migration from TerraSync to TerraFlex Migration from TerraSync to TerraFlex Enterprise License Agreement Enterprise License Agreement ESRI ESRI Growing interest in Collector…High Accuracy version Growing interest in Collector…High Accuracy version ArcPad is being phased out…still well regarded ArcPad is being phased out…still well regarded

Future E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 14 Distinction between recreational, mapping and survey grade GPS will continue to blur…. Distinction between recreational, mapping and survey grade GPS will continue to blur…. Fundamentals of space-based navigation still apply Fundamentals of space-based navigation still apply Satellites still are in same MEO orbits Satellites still are in same MEO orbits Multipath & SNR are still an issue Multipath & SNR are still an issue External antennas still provide best results External antennas still provide best results Position averaging still key to minimize errors Position averaging still key to minimize errors Correcting against a base station shifts your data! Correcting against a base station shifts your data! CORS - NAD83 (2011) CORS - NAD83 (2011)

Future E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 15 NGS Replacing both NAD 83 and NAVD 88 in 2022 NGS Replacing both NAD 83 and NAVD 88 in Why: Why: Terrestrial vs Space-based survey methods Terrestrial vs Space-based survey methods Crustal plate movement produces drift Crustal plate movement produces drift Dynamic NSRS…daily datum adjustments? Dynamic NSRS…daily datum adjustments? How to prepare: How to prepare: Good documentation…metadata Good documentation…metadata Feature level metadata including date field Feature level metadata including date field

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Future E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A 18 NPS plans to work closely with NGS on the change NPS plans to work closely with NGS on the change NPS advising against a dynamic daily datum NPS advising against a dynamic daily datum Requesting 5-year epochs as reasonable alternative Requesting 5-year epochs as reasonable alternative GRD2022 (2025, 2030, 2035…) GRD2022 (2025, 2030, 2035…) Update survey marker data sheets…more readable Update survey marker data sheets…more readable

E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A MWR Geospatial Support MWR Geospatial Supporthttp://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/mwr/ Thank You