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Recent Achievements and Future Perspectives in Geodesy – Scientific Colloquium

At the end of 2023, Prof. Harald Schuh will retire as Director of the Geodesy Department at the GFZ. For this reason, the GFZ has decided to organize and host a scientific colloquium on “Recent Achievements and Future Perspectives in…

GGOS Days 2024 & GGOS Focus Areas Topical Meeting

The GGOS Days 2024 will be held together with the GGOS Focus Areas Topical Meeting on October 7-11, 2024 in Potsdam, Germany.
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Geodesy: It’s about Time

Watch this inspiring video of the IUGG Union lecture by Geoffrey Blewitt! At the 23rd IUGG General Assembly in Berlin Geoffrey Blewitt presented an inspiring talk on Geodesy and its role in better understanding our living planet, the Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTKx_L6Vrzo IUGG…

EGU 2024 Abstract Submission

Abstract submission for next year's EGU General Assembly (14-19 April 2024) is open and we invite you to submit an abstract for the GGOS session Global Geodetic Observing System: The Reference for Earth System Monitoring High precision modern…

UN-GGCE “Listening World Tour” – IAG

Virtual Meeting between IAG and UN-GGCE   The United Nations Global Geodetic Center of Excellence UN-GGCE will be hosting two listening sessions to maximize the opportunity for participation from IAG members all around the world. Both…

Report of the GGOS Days 2023

GGOS convenes its various components annually to report on achievements and formulate activities for the future. On this occasion, the Instituto Geográfico Nacional of Spain hosted the GGOS Days in Alcalá de Henares from 20th to 22nd September…

Symposium on Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems – GGHS2024

The GGHS2024 “Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems 2024” Symposium will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 4 to 6 September 2024. It focuses on methods for observing, estimating and interpreting the Earth’s gravity field and the essential…

The Importance of Geodetic Reference Frames

The International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) is the standard reference frame recommended by a number of international scientific organizations, including the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and the International…

GGOS Japan – Awarded with the Tsuboi Prize

GGOS Japan celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. It was established as GGOS Working Group of Japan in 2013 and has been entitled as a GGOS Affiliate since 2017. On October 12, 2023, GGOS Japan was awarded with the Tsuboi Prize (group…

New Film about Terrestrial Reference Frames

Due to the success and very positive response to the film Discover GGOS and Geodesy we are working on the production of more videos about geodetic products. Now we are proud to present the new film Terrestrial Reference Frames - Connecting the…