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GGOS IberAtlantic (GGOS IA) functions as a regional node of GGOS, focusing on geodetic activities across the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic region. GGOS IA fosters collaboration among geodetic institutions while promoting scientific research and technological development tailored to the region’s unique geophysical characteristics.

ILRS Virtual World Tour 2021

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ILRS Virtual World Tour 2021
Online event, 25-29 October, 2021
Website: https://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ILRS_Virtual_World_Tour_2021/index.html
Once again, the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) had to postpone its 22nd International Workshop on Laser Ranging in Kunming, originally scheduled for 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Following the successful first attempt last year (see the December 2020 issue of IAG Newsletter), we organized the second round of ILRS Virtual World Tour this year, while awaiting the opportunity to continue our Workshop tradition.
This year, the host stations were: Herstmonceux (United Kingdom), Wettzell (Germany), Mendeleevo (and shortly Irkutsk; both Russia), Shanghai (China) and Monument Peak (USA). All of the Microsoft Teams sessions were hosted by CDDIS/NASA. The participants could virtually visit these five stations and have technical and casual chats with the local colleagues for 1 or 2 hours. The sessions were the mixture of pre-recorded movies and live discussions, and we are amazed not only at their latest developments presented by the stations, but also at the high quality of movies, narrations and even live music. In addition, we organized special sessions before or after the station visits that offered the latest updates from each component of the ILRS, such as missions, analysis, network & engineering, lunar ranging, space debris ranging, and format & procedures. In the opening session, for example, our worldwide operations through the pandemic period were praised by Basara Miyahara, the GGOS President, and Frank Lemoine gave a nice presentation on how our precise laser ranging observations are contributing to the monitoring of global warming. All of the virtual tour and session scenes were recorded and will be uploaded to the event website hosted by CDDIS/NASA. We very much appreciate the contributions from all of the presenters, video editors and participants; they certainly made this event a great success.
We hope to see attendees face to face in Kunming next year. The dates are already set: 31 October to 4 November 2022.
Toshimichi Otsubo
Hitotsubashi University
On behalf of the organizing team (T Otsubo, C Carabajal, E Hoffmann, I Ignatenko, J Laing, M Pearlman, U Schreiber and Z Zhongping), the host institutes and the special session chairs.
The plan of the week

Tour of Wettzell. Q&A session.

Author: T. Otsubo

IAG SA manuscript submission to the IAG Symposia Series

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IAG SA manuscript submission to the IAG Symposia Series

There are a few important changes from the past. First, starting from the IUGG2019 volume, all papers in the IAG Symposia Series are OPEN ACCESS without any publication fees or open access fees for you. Second, the page limit for papers has been relaxed, so we now accept papers up to 8 pages long instead of 6 pages in the past, and 10 pages for papers based on invited presentations. Finally, we ask you to indicate in your cover letter or comments the presentation number or title of the presentation at the meeting upon which your paper is based.

General information about the series, including templates and author instructions, isavailable at https://www.springer.com/series/1345.

To submit, log in to Editorial Manager (this link is also available on the page above):

https://www.editorialmanager.com/iags/default.aspx 

In the past, we had listed all of the sessions/symposia specifically in one of the menus in the submission process. Because the IAG 2021 Scientific Assembly had many small sessions, we instead have grouped them into categories, listed below. These are used by the editors mainly to help us in assigning Associate Editors for the papers, so please choose whichever one you think is closest for your paper.

We look forward to your submissions!

Jeffrey T. Freymueller
Endowed Chair for Geology of the Solid Earth
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Michigan State University

Markku Poutanen
IAG Secretary General

Author: J. Freymueller – M. Poutanen

Quest for the Exact Position

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The quest for the exact position is an ongoing process allover the world. Take the time and watch this amazing video about geodesy!

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