National Geodetic Survey Cuts

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Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate

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Staff losses at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS ) could further cripple its mission and activities.

NGS was formed in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson , the son of a surveyor and cartographer.

It maintains and operates more than 1,700 federally owned satellite receivers across the US , which provide publicly available geospatial information.

Each point of measurement in the US datums is now, on average, around two meters off from its actual, accurate location.

Since January 20 , the agency has lost nearly a quarter of its staff and has had to freeze planned hiring.

The fate of NGS under the Trump administration is unclear.

China 's satellite navigation system, BeiDou , has been gaining on the US ’s GPS system in accuracy.

In 2023 , a US government advisory board on GPS stated in a memo that GPS is now “substantially inferior” to BeiDou .

Around 20 students graduated with advanced degrees in geodesy from US universities over the past decade .

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