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Committee backs bill modernizing New Hampshire state plane coordinate system

Science, Technology and Energy Committee (NH House) · April 6, 2026
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Lawmakers advanced SB 560 to align state statute with the National Geodetic Survey 2022 modernization: a satellite‑based datum and adoption of the international foot. DOT, surveyors and land‑survey professionals said coordinates will be transformed mathematically but monuments will not move.

The committee voted unanimously in executive session to report Senate Bill 560FN as ought to pass after a short public hearing. Representative Tom Corman introduced the bill, which adopts the National Geodetic Survey’s 2022 modernization for New Hampshire’s state plane coordinate system and standardizes use of…

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