This brief video focuses on the importance of both precision and accuracy in geodetic surveying and the difference between them. Produced in collaboration between NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey and The COMET Program, this video is aimed at surveying professionals, planners, policy-makers and others who use mapping products. The video emphasizes that the accuracy of survey measurements should always be verified by relating measurements to a known reference system such as the National Spatial Reference System in the United States.
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- Recognize the difference between “accuracy” and “precision” as it applies to potential errors in the surveying and mapping process
- Recognize the importance of relating measurements to a known reference system such as the National Spatial Reference System in the US to achieve accuracy.
geodetic datums, geodesy, mapping, GIS, surveying, surveyor, GPS, datums, geomatics, charting, topography, bathymetry, geospatial, Precision and Accuracy in Geodetic Surveying, Geodetic Surveying, NSRS, national spatial reference system
Project Contributors
Program Oversight
- Bruce Muller - UCAR/COMET
COMET Project Lead/ Instructional Design
- Lon Goldstein - UCAR/COMET
NGS Project Lead
Author
Science Reviewers
- Dru Smith - NOAA/NGS
- Cindy Craig - NOAA/NGS
- Theresa Damiani - NOAA/NGS
- Charles Geoghegan - NOAA/NGS
- Joe Evjen - NOAA/NGS
Graphics/Animations
- Steve Deyo - UCAR/COMET
- Lon Goldstein - UCAR/COMET
Audio/Video Editing/Production
- Lon Goldstein - UCAR/COMET
Audio Narration
