On March 19th 2011, a first-ever simultaneous nationwide Global Positioning System (GPS) survey will be conducted by members
of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
to commemorate National Surveyors Week and promote the numerous benefits of GPS.
This effort will include volunteer surveyors from all 50 states and numerous U.S. Territories.

Those survey data which meet requirements will be a valuable contribution to the National Spatial Reference System,
a nationwide survey control network which links and improves federal, state, and local surveying and mapping activities.

Anyone with a handheld GPS unit and is able to read an NGS datasheet is encouraged to participate.
DIRECTIONS & PARTICIPANT FORM & IDEA SHEET
Each state shall have a State Coordinator who will get all the information out to their constituents.
Each state shall conduct NSPS Surveying USA day in whatever way they see fit.
Each participant may observe any point they wish and use whatever grade GPS they have available.
Each State Coordinator shall be responsible for collecting all data from their participants and forwarding all results to
Debi Anderson, NSPS Governor of Montana.

Each participant shall be responsible for providing the state coordinator with the following information:
State, Participants Name, Description of Point observed,
length of time of observation, LAT/LONG in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds.
State Coordinator should not have to process any data even for those participants occupying points of a higher order
since everyone can provide the LAT/LONG no matter what grade GPS they are using

The following is a sample form for participants.

PARTICIPANT FORM

STATE ________________________________

PARTICIPANT NAME ____________________________________________

DESCRIPTION OF POINT OBSERVED (include PID # and/or Name) ___________________________________________________

LENGTH OF TIME OF OBSERVATION ________________________________

LATITUDE/LONGITUDE IN DEGREES, MINUTES, SECONDS
___________________________________________

This is the first time they are actively encouraging geocachers to take part and submit their observations.
(If anyone has ever had to submit a form to the NGS, knows how tedious and exact it has to be).
This is an opportunity to help out without having to jump through the hoops of an official form.

If anyone would like to participate or has questions, please post!
We’d be happy to answer what we can! We’ll also email the above form with the email address where to send it to when completed!