Possible GPS Disruption from Sept. 13 - 29 (3 min)

The Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC), along with the Utah Statewide Information and Analysis Center (SIAC), has been made aware of planned GPS testing that will lead to intermittent GPS disrupti

The Western Grid, Explained (11 min)

Have you ever wondered why the patterns of development in the Western United States are so orthogonal (i.e., "right-angled")?Fig 1: 1891 Salt Lake City Bird's Eye View[^1]Pan around a map and you'll s

Creating New State Plane Zone for 2022 (2 min)

In 2022 the plans to publish a series of new horizontal reference frames that will replace the and a vertical reference frame that will replace the .The new horizontal reference frames are the:The n

Big Happenings with Public Land Survey System GIS (4 min)

Good things are happening in Utah regarding the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), also known as the township, range, and section grid, which forms the foundation for GIS map representations of public