|
Steve Thompson, P.E. has been a Licensed Professional Engineer in Kansas since 1976. Steve was a design and project engineer and computer programmer for Wilson & Co., Engineers & Architects in Salina, KS (1972-1982).
(1982-2003) Steve was an Associate Professor at KSU-Salina where he taught Computer Science, Surveying, Civil Engineering, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) / Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). He began the first GIS/GNSS Associate Degree option in the U.S. and established the first GNSS base station in KS at the KSU-Salina campus in 1990 with funding from National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kansas GIS Initiative. Steve served as a member of the Kansas GIS Technical Advisory Committee (1987-2003) and served as a grant reviewer for NSF (1991-1998) helping them determine which GIS/GNSS grant proposals to fund nationally. Steve has written many GIS/GNSS articles and made numerous GIS/GNSS presentations at local, state, regional, national, and international conferences and proceedings.
(2003-Present) Steve has been a GIS/GNSS consultant working with local, state, and federal agencies and the private sector in Kansas regarding parcel and centerline mapping, utility mapping, and GIS/GNSS training and advising related to E-911 and Homeland Security. He has also been an adjunct professor at Butler Community College-Andover campus (8/2008-12/2014) and Cloud County Community College-Concordia campus (8/2010-12/2013), teaching GIS/GNSS.
|
Global Positioning System (GPS) / Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
Thursday, January 9, 2020, 1:30-3:20 p.m.
Global Positioning System (GPS) / Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
The term Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) encompasses our own NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) and other similar satellite positioning systems from several other countries or groups. We will discuss the current status of these systems and examine the many facets and uses of our GPS and GNSS.
Also, National Geodetic Survey (NGS), a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has officially announced target dates for the implementation of the new 2022 National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) datums. We will discuss the implementation that is expected to take place from 2025 – 2030 and its impact on us! In May NGS released a beta version of their new NOAA Continuous Operating Reference System (CORS) Network (NCN) Station web page.
