Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact

Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact Science is critical in solving global challenges.  In 2021 Nature invites applications from early career researchers (please see criteria below) working in these areas: Food security, water…
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New GGOS website launched

IAG's Global Geodetic Observing System works together with the IAG Components – technical services, commissions, inter-commission-committees and IAG-projects – for monitoring the Earth system and global change research. GGOS has launched its new website at www.ggos.org, where you can read how geodesy and geodetic observations can contribute to the deeper understanding of our living planet, the Earth!
Geodesy© NASA
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A Brief History of Geodesy

Geodesy is a field of study that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, and it all started when a clever human ...
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United Nations Subcommittee on Geodesy was inaugurated

"This is certainly a good day for geodesy", says Gary Johnston, one of the two co-chairs of the subcommittee.
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Description of the Global Geodetic Reference Frame

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on a Global Geodetic Reference Frame for Sustainable Development (A/RES/69/266) on February 26, 2015. The purpose of this document is a description of the Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF), along with a brief description of its key components, as a realization of the Global Geodetic Reference System (GGRS).
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Milestone for global geodesy

The UN calls for enhanced cooperation on global geodesy. At the UN-GGIM sixth session in New York in August, the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management endorsed the GGRF Roadmap and decided to establish a permanent Sub-Committee on Geodesy.