Geodetic Survey

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Ensuring the Accuracy and Integrity of Geodetic Data within South Carolina

The South Carolina Geodetic Survey established within the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall establish horizontal and vertical geodetic control within the State at a density that effectively will provide land and land-related items and records to be referenced to the national horizontal and vertical coordinate system, ensure the accuracy and integrity of new geodetic data entered into the state and national reference system, maintain geodetic files for the State, and disseminate geodetic information as necessary.

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SC Geodetic Services
County Boundary Program
Where county boundaries are ill-defined, unmarked, or poorly marked, the South Carolina Geodetic Survey on a cooperative basis shall assist counties in defining and monumenting the locations of county boundaries and positioning the monuments using geodetic surveys.
S.C. Real Time Network
A proven method of positioning in real-time at the cm-level. Invented in the early 1990's. RTK makes GPS/GNSS a very efficient tool for some tasks such as construction staking, machine control, topographic surveys, precision agriculture and many others where precise real-time positioning is valuable
Statewide Aerial Imagery
Statewide aerial mapping initiative for collecting standardized imagery. This data will be used by local, state and federal agencies to help manage land, land tax assessment, change detection and emergency operations along with other business applications.
GPS Height Modernization
A program within NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS) that provides accurate height information by integrating Global Positioning System (GPS) technology with existing survey techniques.
SC GIC
South Carolina Geographic Information Council
An interagency council that publishes reports on state outreach, strategic planning, and needs assessments for the coordination of geographic information
Special Projects
OCRM and other state/federal projects in which SCGS participates
NC/SC Boundary
NC/SC state boundary project (1993-2013) project history, plat record information and boundary shape file download.
External Resources

National Geodetic Survey

NGS Coordinate Conversion and Transformation Tool (NCAT)

NGS Monument Data Sheets

National Geodetic Orthometric Height Conversion

Tidal Bench Marks

Tide Predictions For all SC Locations

Compute Magnetic Declination

Digital Topo Maps and Infrared Aerials for SC, GIS Clearing House

NOAA Nautical Charts

North Carolina Geodetic Survey

SC Society Of Professional Land Surveyors

Program Contacts

For specific inquiries or data requests, please contact the appropriate point of contact below.

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Karen Lever
Administrative Coordinator
Department Fax Line: (803) 896-7695
(803) 896-7707
Bob McKeown
Program Coordinator / RTN Support/Administration
(803) 896-7612
Jacob Braxton
GIS Analyst/ County Boundary Program
(803) 896-7745