Bio
Brian Shaw is a Geodesist at NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey serving as the Rocky Mountain Regional Advisor. He began his career at NGS in 2002 after earning a BS in Computer Science with minors in Mathematics, Geography and History from Radford University in Virginia. In 2005 he earned an MS in Geographic Information Systems from the University of Redlands elevating him to the NGS geospatial go-to person. Brian emphasizes how GIS depends on geodesy as a frame of reference for location and is the foundation of positioning. Educating geodetic and geospatial professionals about the importance of datums and how they are critical to consistent coordinates, especially when aligning and comparing disparate data for making important decisions.
