KEYSTONE, S.D. — NOAA and the National Geodetic Survey announced a new coordinate system at Mount Rushmore that would help upgrade services that track location and improve technology. The announcement came Monday morning during an America 250 celebration with the National Society of Professional Surveyors and the South Dakota Society of Professional Surveyors. NOAA said in a media invite the upgrade could be ready in 3 to 4 months.
NOAA said the work is tied to the National Spatial Reference System, which serves as the framework for positioning data such as latitude, longitude, height, scale, gravity and elevation across the United States.
“I’ll bet you’ve probably maybe ridden in an Uber or a Lyft or ordered DoorDash or you’ve probably heard about autonomous cars,” Linda Foster, immediate past president of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, said. “Some of those things, all of those things are tied to location and they’re using real-time networks, real-time location.”…