Geodesy Cartoons
Complex Science, Simply Drawn
The Geodesy Cartoon initiative was launched in 2024 by the GGOS Coordinating Office (CO), initiated by Martin Sehnal (BEV, Austria). The first concepts were developed together with Laura Sánchez and Detlef Angermann (DGFI-TUM, Germany), and the initial three cartoons were illustrated by Riccardo Barzaghi.
The project gained significant momentum with the Geodesy Cartoon Competition (2025–2026), where the global geodesy community contributed enthusiastically. More than 100 cartoons were submitted, turning the initiative into a truly collaborative outreach effort.
Each Geodesy Cartoon is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. This allows anyone to share, distribute, and adapt (e.g. translate into other languages) the cartoons for any purpose, provided that proper credit is given to the respective cartoonist / illustrator and to the official geodesy cartoon website: geodesy.science/cartoon. There are no restrictions on who may use the cartoons, where they may be shared (online, print), or how often they may be distributed.