1. Sheena K. Beaverson (ISGS) Amy Eller (IDOT)
Illinois Height Modernization Program
Sheena K. Beaverson (ISGS)
Amy Eller (IDOT)

2. Illinois Height Modernization Program
Year 1: funded $300,000
Year 2: funded $725,000
Year 3: funded $800,000
Federal appropriations through NGS HM supported by Congressman Johnson, Congressman LaHood, Congressman Shock, Senator Durbin
$1.8 million total for Years 1-3

3. Illinois Height Modernization Program
Project Goals
Geodetic Leveling
Installed 187 new benchmarks and visited 114 horizontal monuments along 8 level lines to add a total of 301 new benchmark records to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS).
LiDAR and Derivative Elevation Data
Long-term management and distribution of data for 18 Illinois Counties acquired by various agencies.
ILHMP, IDOT, NRCS, USGS, USACE, Illinois Counties
Share information on commercial CORS, RTK

4. Illinois Height Modernization Program
Year 4: funding pending $3.5M
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), State Planning and Research (SPR) funds through IDOT
Geodetic Leveling
Install 500 new benchmarks along 6 level lines.
LiDAR and Derivative Elevation Data
Long-term management and distribution of data for 30 additional Illinois Counties acquired by IDOT, FEMA, IDNR.
Years 5-8: additional $3.5M annually

7. Illinois Height Modernization Program
Upcoming Projects
LiDAR available for hashed, pink counties.
LiDAR acquisition contracted for light green counties.
LiDAR acquisition possible for gray, brown counties.

8. Illinois Height Modernization Program
Showcase of LiDAR Data Applications
documents 11 real-world uses of Illinois data.

9. Questions?