Hi GCAP members, please blast this message out below. Would be great to get some more registrants for the conference as well as the vdatum workshop. (This is part of our GCAP outreach activities). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings! We are pleased to announce that the National Geodetic Survey will be holding a VDatum workshop (see below for details) at OSU to learn more about methods to transform between different vertical datums. This workshop is being held in conjunction with a multi-organization surveying conference (https://www.surveyingconference.org/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveyingconference.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cgcap_members%40engr.oregonstate.edu%7C6ff9d147494a4860401d08dc6b86f54e%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638503474575622283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8Hg6mqywCnL9vGfb2K20bK9OtCV5rtN5EIst5TR7puY%3D&reserved=0>) June 2-4th, which I'd also encourage you to attend as there will be a lot of talks on the new national spatial reference frames, new state plane coordinate system, and many other important topics. Note the conference has a registration fee; however, there is no charge for the VDatum workshop. You can sign up for the workshop here: https://forms.gle/M4Kvn3FXQKMfgPNz9<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FM4Kvn3FXQKMfgPNz9&data=05%7C02%7Cgcap_members%40engr.oregonstate.edu%7C6ff9d147494a4860401d08dc6b86f54e%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638503474575622283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=d%2BGTYSlZupNFxVrpuqpdrIGTpkYvf0t3lvLV2U8th4U%3D&reserved=0>. And please share this with others! VDATUM is a free software developed by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to allow users to vertically transform geospatial data between tidal, orthometric, and ellipsoidal vertical datums. With the upcoming NSRS modernization and extended coverage for the Pacific regions, the goal of this one-day workshop is to educate and inform the community on the VDatum tool and online service. Presenters from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will provide an overview of the data collection, development, and usage of NOAA's VDATUM transformation tool. The workshop will also include: 1) Background on reference systems used in the U.S and its territories, 2) Height relationships between geopotential, geometric and tidal datums, and 3) The VDatum workflow process from an end user perspective. Expected outcomes of this workshop will be insight into the field operations and research that goes into data collection, the use of GIS to help streamline operations and archiving, and a live demonstration on the usage of the tool. The presentations are designed to provide an introductory overview and will conclude with an open session where students and attendees can ask further questions about geodetic field equipment, GIS capabilities, and overall model and tool development. Michael J. 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