Illinois Height Modernization Program

http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/ilhmp

Sheena K. Beaverson (ISGS)Amy Eller (IDOT)

Illinois Height Modernization Program

• Year 1: 2008-2009 funded $300,000 • Year 2: 2009-2010 funded $725,000 • Year 3: 2010-2011 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

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

Illinois Height Modernization Program

• Year 4: 2011-2012 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

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.

Illinois Height Modernization Program

• Showcase of LiDAR Data Applications– documents 11 real-world uses of Illinois data.

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