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International Geoid School in Kazakhstan

The 15th International School on “The Determination and Use of the Geoid” will be organized in Almaty, Kazakhstan between April 7-11, 2025 Information Location: Kazakhstan - Almaty Event date: 2025-04-07 - 2025-04-11 Event's site From…
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International Height Reference Frame IHRF – Coordination Centre

From the GGOS Focus Area Unified Height System to the IHRF Coordination Centre One initial objective of the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) was the standardisation of height systems worldwide.…
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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…
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School on “The Determination and Use of the Geoid”

From November 13 to 17, 2023 will be held the 14th International School on “The Determination and Use of the Geoid”. The School will take place at the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The School will be held in…
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Successful Unified Analysis Workshop 2022

The Unified Analysis Workshop UAW 2022 which took place end of October 2022 in the beautiful city Thessaloniki in Greece. It was a very successful conference based on intensive discussions to advance geodesy. Many thanks to all participants…
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Tour de l’IGS

The Tour de l’IGS is a series of virtual workshops on relevant topics to the IGS membership, stakeholders and GNSS community in general. These events will be hosted several times a year and will cover a wide range of topics including space-borne and ground-based instrumentation, technology development, scientific and societal applications, etc.
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ILRS Virtual World Tour 2021

Due to the COVID 19, we have had to postpone our laser workshops, our annual seminal events, in 2020 and 2021. The ILRS again wishes to provide the opportunity for our worldwide community to meet, at least virtually, and share. Following the success of the Virtual World Tour last year, we will hold another Virtual World Tour between October 25-29, 2021, to virtually visit 5 stations in 5 days, stopping at Herstmonceux (UK), Wetzell (DE), Mendeleevo (RU), Shanghai (PRC), Monument Peak (USA).
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Satellite Laser Ranging School

Prior to the 2019 ILRS Workshop, the ILRS scheduled a one-day introductory course to give non-practitioners in SLR an opportunity to broaden their knowledge about laser ranging to Earth-orbiting satellites and the Moon. The course also provided attendees with some experience in the field an opportunity to refresh and strengthen their knowledge and increase their appreciation of this powerful measurement technique that supports geoscience and applications.
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Report on the ILRS Technical Workshop 2019

This year’s International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) Technical Workshop was hosted by German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 21st to 25th. Following the motto “Laser ranging: To improve economy, performance, and adoption for new applications” the presentations were focused on the technical challenges for the satellite laser ranging (SLR) ground segment.
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NASA, Norway to Develop Arctic Laser-Ranging Station

NASA and the Norwegian Mapping Authority are partnering to develop a state-of-the-art satellite laser ranging station 650 miles from the North Pole that will produce high-precision locations of orbiting satellites, help track changes in the ice sheets and improve the efficiency of marine transportation and agriculture.