GGOS Days is the annual meeting of GGOS during which the different components of GGOS meet and report on their activities during the past year and their plans for the coming year. Everyone is encouraged to attend! Due to the uncertain COVID-19 situation, it was decided that the GGOS Days 2021 will take place again […]
The GGOS CB meeting was held as a virtual 3-hour conference on Monday, 16 May 2022 (2:30 PM - 5:30 PM CEST). Participants: all GGOS Coordinating Board members + invited guests Minutes of GGOS CB Meeting 2022 SCHEDULE: Welcome and Instruction (B. Miyahara) Short Reports of GGOS Components: : Bureau of Products and Standards (D. Angermann) […]
GGOS has its own session at the next EGU General Assembly 2022. Be aware, that the dates of EGU GA 2022 was moved from begin of April to 23-27 May 2022. More information will follow ... The Global Geodetic Observing System: Geodesy for Science and Society The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) provides measurements of […]
The Unified Analysis Workshop (UAW) 2022 was hold on October 21-23, 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece after the REFAG 2022 Symposium as a hybried meeting. It was co-organized by the IAG’s Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) and the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) for the purpose of discussing issues that are common to […]
GGOS organized the annual GGOS Days in the year 2022 at November 14-15 in Munich (Germany) as a hybrid meeting at the Bavarian Academy of Science and Humanities (BAdW) in the Residenz. GGOS Days is the annual meeting of GGOS to report on recent activities and present plans for the coming year. In total 111 interested people […]
AGU Fall Meeting 2022 will be held in Chicago and online everywhere 12 - 16 December 2022. More than 25,000 attendees from more than 100 countries will convene to explore how Science Leads the Future. Geodesy for Sustainable Earth Observation GGOS has its own session "Geodesy for Sustainable Earth Observation", please participate: The Global Geodetic […]
This GGOS Coordinating Board Meeting was held directly before the EGU General Assembly conference week as a hybried meeting on Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023 Time: 14:00-18:00 MESZ (UTC+2) Venue: TU Vienna Participants: GGOS Coordinating Board members and invited people only! Report/Minutes: Minutes_GGOS_CB_meeting_2023_final.pdf Presentations: GGOS Cloud
The EGU General Assembly 2023 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. GGOS […]
The GGOS Days convene yearly all GGOS components to report on their recent activities and to present their plans for the coming year. The GGOS Days 2023 conference was held on September 20-22, 2023 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain as a hybrid meeting. - Report - Handbook / Agenda - Presentation slides (Zenodo) - Photo […]
The AGU Fall Meeting 2023 will be held in San Francisco, USA, from December 11-15. This year GGOS has following combined session with IGS: Serving Global Geodesy: Innovations Enabled by the IGS and IAG-GGOS (G41C & G44A) Session description: "The International GNSS Service (IGS) provides a broad range of high-precision openly available products supporting a […]
The Sunday before the EGU week - April 14, 2024 - GGOS hold the following three in-person GGOS splinter meetings in Vienna at the TU Wien Freihaus (Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10). A virtual attendance was possible too. 09:00-11:00 (CEST): GGOS GB Meeting – Governing Board Bureau meetings: 11:00-11:45 (CEST): GGOS BPS Meeting – Bureau of Products […]
The EGU General Assembly 2024 will be held as usual in Vienna, Austria, on April 15-19 2024. The GGOS session is done this year together with the IVS: G2.3 Global Geodetic Observing System: The Reference for Earth System Monitoring and featuring VLBI component Oral session: Monday, April 15: 14:00-15:45 (CEST) - room G2 Virtual Poster […]
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming "EOP I&I" Scientific Meeting organized by the AI4EOP Prediction Study Group at GGOS. This event aims to gather researchers and scientists to share their latest achievements and results related to Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) prediction. For our inaugural meeting, we will focus on the application of […]
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Earth Orientation Parameters Innovation and Insight (EOP I&I) Scientific Meeting, organized by the AI4EOP Prediction Study Group at GGOS. This event aims to bring together researchers and scientists to share their latest achievements and results related to EOP prediction. Speaker: Mostafa Kiani Shahvandi, from the Institute […]
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 role of gravity field modelling in measuring, understanding and predicting changes in the Earth system. More information on […]
We invite you (in-person or online) to join us for an amazing meeting on Geodesy in Africa at the Science Summit for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In addressing global challenges like climate change, urbanization, and sustainable resource management, accurate geodetic data is crucial. We aim to elevate the global geodesy supply chain, align geodetic […]
Topics Meeting Logistics Dates Registration Abstract Submission Travel Award GGOS serves as an integrating framework for all components of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), providing a clearinghouse for geodetic expertise and fostering interdisciplinary research. A current challenging topic is the modelling of spatio-temporal variations of the atmosphere (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere/plasmasphere) and the […]
Main Topics Participation Registration The annual business meeting of GGOS – the GGOS Days 2024 – was held in 2024 at the Wissenschaftsetage im Bildungsforum in Potsdam, Germany, from October 10-11 as a hybrid meeting. Programme - Agenda Detailed Meeting Description Status Report of GGOS components Meeting Summary List of Participants (online & in-person) Presentation […]
The next annual meeting of the American Geoscience Union - AGU24 - will be held this year in Washington, D.C. on 9-13 December 2024. More info: agu.org/annual-meeting GGOS Session We would like to draw your attention to our GGOS session G007: Geodetic Standards for Improved Accurate and Consistent Earth Observation Products from the Global Geodetic […]
The governing-board meets on the weekend before EGU General Assembly 2025 (online or in-person): Date: Saturday, April 26 Time: 09:00 - 12:30 (CEST, UTC+2) Venue: TU Wien - Gußhausstraße 27-29, 1040 Vienna Room: 6th floor -Arnold Schmidt Raum Closed Meeting - Participants: governing-board members + Invitees Agenda: will follow ... Participation: It is possible to participate both in […]
Details: The Geodesy Reception 2025 will take place at: Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Time: 19:00-22:00 Venue: BEV – Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying Address: Schiffamtsgasse 1-3, 1020 Vienna – 8th floor Sponsors: IAG (International Association of Geodesy) EGU Geodesy Division BEV (Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying) GGOS (Global Geodetic Observing System) Registration […]
The EGU General Assembly 2025 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. EGU […]
🎯 Course Objective: The objective of the 2025 School is to provide the most important concepts on the definition, implementation, and maintenance of global, continental, and national reference frameworks, as well as their importance in various applications. It will also address advances in Earth System monitoring in response to the challenges posed by climate change, […]
Location: Yebes Observatory, Cerro de la Palera, s/n, 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain Organizers: GGOS IA, IGN, Yebes Observatory, RAEGE-Az Sponsors: IGN Spain, RAEGE-Az, ROA Parteners: National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN Spain), Yebes Observatory, RAEGE-Az, Royal Observatory of Spanish Navy (ROA), Directorate-General for the Territory of Portugal (DGT), College of Geographic Engineering of the Order of […]
The annual business meeting of GGOS, known as GGOS Days, was integrated in 2025 with the IAG Scientific Assembly 2025. GGOS reports were given during the GGOS-related oral and poster sessions and at the GGOS Governing Board and Science Panel meeting: GGOS Days 2025 | Oral & Poster Sessions Date: September 3-5, 2025 (in-person only) […]
Towards a National Geodesy Working Group for South Africa Geodesy — the science of measuring the Earth’s shape, orientation, gravity field, and changes over time — is the foundation of modern mapping, positioning, land administration, infrastructure, and climate monitoring. South Africa has a proud history in terrestrial and space geodesy, from early triangulation networks to […]
The AGU Annual Meeting 2025 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. GGOS is planning […]
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is proud to lead global geodetic research as it currently holds the presidents of Commission 1 “Reference Frames” of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and the IAG Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS). In this prominent role, TUM is excited to host two landmark events in 2026: The IAG […]
The PhHS-IHRF2026 symposium will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 7-9 April 2026. It focuses on observing and interpreting the Earth's gravity field and geoid, emphasizing height systems and the International Height Reference Frame (IHRF). This Joint IAG Symposium is co-organized by IAG Sub-Commissions 2.2 and 2.4, IGFS, and GGOS.
The Geodesy Reception 2026 is planned to take place in the evening during one of the weekdays of the EGU General Assembly 2026 (May 4–7, 2026), probably the May 5. […]
Chile – where the crust trembles daily and even a traditional cocktail is nicknamed the “Earthquake” – will become the epicenter of an unprecedented scientific gathering in South America. On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, we are pleased to formally announce the International GNSS Service (IGS) Workshop 2026, which will take place from the […]
We will be hosting three consecutive meetings in Gävle (Sweden) in autumn 2026. Please join us for: Tracking and Investigating Geodynamics and Earth Rotation - TIGER Symposium in Geodesy (the 1st symposium of the IAG Commission 3 on Earth Rotation and Geodynamics, in cooperation with the Journees meeting series) - September 28th to October 1st, […]
The Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems Symposium (GGHS) is a leading international meeting organized under the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). It brings together experts, researchers, and students to discuss the latest developments in gravity field modeling, geoid determination, height systems, and their applications in Earth sciences and society. The next edition, GGHS2026, will continue […]
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