MODIFICATION
A -- Request for Testers of a High Accuracy Differential GPS (HANDGPS) System
- Notice Date
- 3/19/2002
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Acquisition Management, HAAM, Room 4410 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-TFHRC-2002-HANDGPS
- Response Due
- 4/16/2002
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2002
- Point of Contact
- Rick Murray, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 366-4250, Fax (202) 366-3705,
- E-Mail Address
-
rick.murray@fhwa.dot.gov
- Description
- The Federal Highway Administration, in association with the US Coast Guard, National Geodetic Survey, and several other Federal agencies, is implementing a High Accuracy Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (HA-NDGPS) capability for test purposes at the Hagerstown, MD, Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) facility. The service is expected to be available from April 2002 until April 2003. Preliminary results indicate that the HA-NDGPS will enable 3-d positioning at an accuracy of 20 cm (95% confidence level) for points located within 200 miles of a single reference station. A Request for Testers of a High Accuracy Differential GPS (HA-NDGPS) System was posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website on January 17, 2002 (http://www1.eps.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/OAM/Reference-Number-TFHRC-2002-HANDGPS/Synopsis.html). Up to 4 HA-NDGPS receivers will be loaned to organizations (at no cost to the organization, with no remuneration from the government) to perform tests, for up to a two-month time period during the test period. As a condition of loan, FHWA will require that any data collected be provided to FHWA (with unrestricted data rights) so that further analysis/reporting/documenting of this technique can be accomplished. Electronic proposals from parties interested in testing this technology are being accepted. For more information, see the January 17, 2002 posting. To aid potential testers and users in understanding the techniques used for this service, a workshop is planned for April 16, 2002 at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Auditorium. The purpose of this workshop is to provide industry, academia, and other government agencies with technical details of the High Accuracy NDGPS program. Technical experts will be available to answer technical questions on this service. DATE/TIME: April 16, 2002, 1330 ? 1700 (1:30 PM ? 5:00 PM local time) LOCATION: U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Silver Spring Metro Campus Auditorium, 1301 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland TRANSPORTATION INFO: Parking is available. Public Transportation is available via the Washington Metrorail System?s Red Line. For a map of the vicinity and parking garages in the area, please visit: http://www.dpwt.com/TraffPkgDiv/silvmap.htm To reach via Metrorail System: 1) Take the Metrorail to the ?Silver Spring? Metro station 2) The Silver Spring station is literally next door to the NOAA Silver Spring campus. Take the escalator marked ?Colesville Road? and proceed west via the underpass that runs beneath the Metro train tracks. 4) Proceed via the plaza between Building #1 and Building #2 to the sidewalk. 5) Proceed up the hill to Building #5 ? the wave pool is in front. To reach from Interstate 495 (Beltway): If coming from Dulles International Airport, Virginia: 1) Follow Dulles Toll Road towards Washington, D.C. to Route 495 North 2) Follow 495 North to Maryland, then East towards Silver Spring and Baltimore. 3) Take Exit 31, Georgia Avenue (south). 4) South on Georgia Avenue for approximately 1 mile. 5) Right (west) onto Colesville Road (Route 29). 6) Proceed 3 blocks to East-West Highway (next big intersection). 7) Get into Left lane, left (south) onto East-West Highway. 8) Proceed up the hill past Building #2 until you reach the large sculpture in front of Building #3 ? water fountain with a hand holding birds. 9) Public parking is available at ground level between Building #3 and Building #4. 10) After parking proceed up the hill to Building #5 ? the wave pool is in front. If coming from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI): 1) Take Baltimore-Washington Expressway (Route 295) west towards Interstate 495 (Beltway). 2) Follow 495 North, then West towards Silver Spring and Rockville. 3) Take Exit 29-A, Colesville Road (Route 29 south). 4) South on Colesville Road for approximately 2 miles. 5) Get into Left lane, turn left (south) onto East-West Highway. 6) Proceed up the hill past Building #2 until you reach the large sculpture in front of Building #3 ? water fountain with a hand holding birds. 7) Public parking is available at ground level between Building #3 and Building #4. 8) 9) Public parking is available at ground level between Building #3 and Building #4. 9) After parking proceed up the hill to Building #5 ? the wave pool is in front. AGENDA: 1330 Introductions 1340 Goals of the HA-NDGPS Program 1350 Description of Hagerstown Facility 1400 Modifications to Hagerstown facility to support HA-NDGPS Includes description of GRIM and its capabilities 1445 Technical Description of the new capability Accuracy Synchronizing data with GPS Coverage 1530 Future Plans for Hawk Run NDGPS facility 1545 Concluding remarks and offer to see demonstration equipment 1555 Demonstration of Data Collection Equipment 1700 Conclusion Technical questions should be addressed to Mr. James Arnold, FHWA, at (202) 493-3265, or by email to james.a.arnold@fhwa.dot.gov.
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