IowaGeospatialInfrastructure爱荷华市地理空间基础设施.docVIP

Status of Framework Layers in Iowa September 2008 1) Geodetic Control FGDC Description: Geodetic control provides a common reference system for establishing the coordinate positions of all geographic data. It provides the means for tying all geographic features to common, nationally used horizontal and vertical coordinate systems. The main features of geodetic control information are geodetic control stations. These monumented points (or in some cases active Global Positioning System control stations) have precisely measured horizontal or vertical locations and are used as a basis for determin