Base 9 Geodetic Consulting Services
Mr. Dave Doyle has published more than 30 articles in professional publications. Many of these publications are available online*. Dave regularly contributes to the magazine "xyHt." Dave's expertise has been captured in numerous TV and radio news articles and interviews, notably local stories about surveys of the DC Boundary and the Washington Monument, and a History Channel TV Series on "How the States Got Their Shapes." Links to some of these videos are available here.
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“Why Doesn't My Centimeter Match Your Centimeter.” GPS World Magazine (May 2015)
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“A New Datum; Rational to replace NAD 83.” xyHt Magazine (March 2015)
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"Use H, Not Z." Professional Surveyor Magazine (August 2013), Editor's Desk
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“Definition and Densification of the Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002.”* ACSM - Surveying and Land Information System (SaLIS, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp 109-118) (July 2012), co-author Smith, Dru A.
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“Virgin Island Vertical Datum of 2009.” ACSM - Surveying and Land Information System (SaLIS) (June 2011)
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“Development of Comprehensive Geodetic Vertical Datums for Pacific Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas.” ACSM - Surveying and Land Information System (SaLIS, Vol. 69, No. 1, pp 5-17) (March 2009), co-authors: Smith, A. and Carlson, E.
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“The Future Role of Geodetic Datums in Control Surveying in the US.” ACSM - Surveying and Land Information System (SaLIS, Vol. 66, No. 2, pp101-106) (June 2006), co-author: Smith, Dru A.
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“Computing State Plane Coordinates with the NGS Toolkit.” Professional Surveyor Magazine (January 2005)
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“Washington Monument GPS Project.” Professional Surveyor Magazine ( January 2000)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Illinois.” Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association (August 1998)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Indiana.” Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors (May 1998)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Kansas.” Kansas Society of Land Surveyors (January 1998)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Arkansas.” Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors (October 1997)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Iowa.” Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa (August 1997)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for North Dakota.” North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors (August 1997)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for South Dakota.” South Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors (May 1997)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Ohio.” Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio (November 1996)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Nebraska.” Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska (August 1996)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for West Virginia.” West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors (August 1996)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Utah.” Utah Council of Land Surveyors (December 1995)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Michigan.” Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors (October 1995)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Nevada.” Nevada Society of Professional Surveyors (June 1995)
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“High Accuracy Reference Network for Oklahoma.” Oklahoma Society of Professional Surveyors (June 1995)
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“New Coordinate Adjustment for Mississippi.” Mississippi Association of Land Surveyors (January 1995)
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“Development of the National Spatial Reference System.” American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (August 1994)
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“Where Freedom Stands (GPS Survey of the U.S. Capital).” Professional Surveyor Magazine (January 1994), co-author: Dragoo, Alan
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“New Coordinate Adjustment for Arizona.”* Arizona Professional Land Surveyors Society (October 1993)
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“New Coordinate Adjustment for Alabama.”* Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors (August 1993)
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“New Coordinate Adjustment for Louisiana.”* Louisiana Society of Land Surveyors (August 1993)
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“New Coordinate Adjustment for Colorado.”* Colorado Society of Professional Land Surveyors (April 1993)
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“New Coordinate Adjustment for Maryland and Delaware.”* Maryland Society of Surveyors (April 1992)
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“High Accuracy Reference Networks: Development, Adjustment and Transformation.”* American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (February 1992)
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“Cadastral Surveys in a GIS/LIS.”* American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (November 1991)
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“GPS Surveys and the Horizontal Network.”* American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (August 1991)
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“GPS Resurvey of the D.C. Boundary Stones.”* American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (June 1990)
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“Datum Transformations from NAD 27 to NAD 83.”* American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (April 1987)
* These publications are not currently available free online. Some may be available from their published source, e.g. SaLIS,
for a fee. Contact Dave if there is a publication you are interested in. He will provide details on availability.
Videos and Webinars
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"NSRS Modernization," NSPS Podcast Episode 187, - Dave interviewed by Timothy Burch, Part 1 of the series
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"Dave Doyle goes to the Mall," - During the NSPS Spring 2024 meeting, Dave takes Joe Paiva on a tour of historic survey monuments on the Washington DC Mall
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"NATRF2022," NSPS Spring Meeting, 2024 - Dave is interviewed by Joe Paiva
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"Surveyor Says!" NSPS Podcost Episode 92 - Dave is interviewed by Timothy Burch
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Florida Geospatial Users Group on YouTube - This outreach and education group in Florida sponsors several videos by Dave on Datums, Geodetic Surfaces, and updates to the National Spatial Reference System scheduled in 2022. This link gives you a link to their video channel.
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Dive Deep into Projections, collaborating with Blue Marble Geographics, published December 9, 2016
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Dave Doyle interviews FIG President Dr. Chryssy Potsiou, May 6, 2015, 18:15
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Interview on 2022 Datums by NSPS, May 28, 2015, 9:52
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Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory Telescope Site Visit, November 25, 2014, 3:21
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Interview on Geodesy for North Carolina Society of Surveyors, November 5, 2014, 7:57
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Lecture for NOVAC, Northern VA Astronomy Club, Science of Geodetic Astronomy, June 2018, 57:50
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Comments during Dedication of 2020 Census New Jersey State Center of Population, March 2022, 18:50
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