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October
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Editor: Gyula Tóth
IAG Communication and
Outreach Branch
MTA-BME Research Group
for Phys. Geod. and Geodyn.
Department of Geodesy
and Surveying
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
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Information Service of the International Association of
Geodesy
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http://www.iag-aig.org newsletter@iag-aig.org
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General
Announcements. 2
Deadline Extension for Submissions to the GGOS CfPs. 2
Commission 4 News. 2
Meeting Announcements. 2
Commission 4 Announcement 2
Geodesy for Planet Earth. 3
EOGC2009. 3
VII Hotine-Marussi Symposium 2009 on Theoretical Geodesy. 3
Colloquium to honour Helmut Moritz. 4
IAG Sponsored Meetings. 6
EOGC2009. 6
Geodesy for Planet Earth. 6
IAG Related Meetings. 6
ACM GIS 2008. 6
Digital Earth Summit on Geoinformatics:
Tools for Global Change Research. 6
SCSS 2008. 6
2008 AGU Fall Meeting. 7
GEOWS 2009. 7
Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2009. 7
CCCT 2009. 7
6th International Symposium on Mobile
Mapping Technology – MMT’09. 7
IAG Sister Societies’ General Assemblies. 7
Associations’ Scientific Assemblies of
the IUGG.. 7
Reports. 8
The Fifth ABLOS Scientific Conference: Difficulties in Implementing
the Provisions of UNCLOS. 8
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Books for review are the
responsibility of:
C.C Tscherning
University of Copenhagen
Dept. of Geophysics
Copenhagen, Denmark
Fax: +45 35365357
E-mail: cct@gfy.ku.dk
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Dear Colleagues,
at the IUGG General Assembly 2007 in Perugia the new Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) were
accepted by the IAG Executive Committee. According to these new ToR, the
following new components of GGOS are going to be established:
- GGOS Coordination Office and GGOS Portal
- Bureau for Networks and Communication
- Bureau for Standards and Conventions
- Bureau for Satellite Missions
In the GGOS website http://ggos.gfz-potsdam.de/ggos/index.php?id=20 you will find the Calls for Proposals (CfP) for these new
components. The deadline for submitting your proposal is extended:
November
7, 2008.
More details are given in the documents
mentioned.
Please consider this unique opportunity to
contribute with your institution, possibly in cooperation with other
institutions, to these important activities of GGOS.
Looking forward to your proposals,
with best regards,
Markus Rothacher
Chair
of GGOS
The IAG Commission 4 will be co-sponsoring
the session on Applications in Surveying, Geodesy, Science and Timing at the
upcoming International Technical Meeting of the Institute of Navigation (ION
ITM 2009) to be held in Anaheim, California, January 26-28, 2009 (https://www.ion.org/meetings/itm2009cfa.cfm) The theme of the ION ITM 2009 is "GNSS Technology: A
Path to Sustainable Economic and Social Benefits for Developing
Countries" The session will be co-chaired by Dr. Dorota
Grejner-Brzezinska, The Ohio State University and Dr. Jade Morton, Miami
University.
Sandra Verhagen
There are over 500 pre-planned sessions for
the AGU Fall 2008 Meeting, including 21 sessions organized by the Geodesy
Section of AGU. Among the Geodesy Sessions are 4 sessions on Future GNSS,
Geodetic and Geophysical Applications based on GNSS signals, GNSS
equipment and site monumentation as well as GNSS signal propagation
errors. For further information see http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/.
Sandra Verhagen
Geodesy
for Planet Earth
IAG 2009
Scientific Assembly, Buenos Aires, Argentine, August 31 to September 4, 2009
2nd Circular is reachable
through the webpage of the conference www.iag2009.com.ar.
Important Dates
- Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: January 31st, 2009
- End of Early Registration: March 31st,
2009
- Notification of Abstract Acceptance:
March, 2009
- Deadline for accommodation booking at
Intercontinental Hotel (Special Rate): March 31st, 2009
- Third Circular: June, 2009
- Deadline
for Submission of Full-Papers Manuscripts: September 30th, 2009
Local Organizing Committee
2nd International
Conference on Earth Observation for Global Changes
25–29 May
2009, Chengdu, China
EOGC2009
Topics:
- International Earth Observation Efforts
on Global Change Studies
- Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover
Change (LULCC)
- Remote Sensing of Coastal and Marine
Ecosystems
- Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice
- Remote Sensing of the Polar Environment
- Monitoring Eco-Environmental Changes in
the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
- Observing Global Change by Geodetic
Techniques
- Environmental Monitoring by the Global
Geodetic Observing System (GGOS)
- Earth Observation for Natural Hazards
Monitoring and Assessment
- Geospatial Data Processing and Integration
for Change Detection
2nd Announcement and Call for
Papers is available from http://www.eogc2009.com.cn/.
Important Dates
- Abstract submission: December 1, 2008
- Full paper submission: January 15, 2009
- Registration: April 1, 2009
- Pre-Conference workshops: May 25, 2009
Xianfeng Zhang
(Conference
Secretariat)
Peking University
15–19 June
2009, Rome, Italy, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Scientific Organization Committee:
- Nico Sneeuw
- Pavel Novák
- Study group chairs and steering committee
members of IAG InterCommission Committee on Theory (IAG-ICCT)
Local Organization Committee:
The first circular letter will be sent out
in December, 2008. By that time, a website will have been set up with
additional information (under construction).
Nico Sneeuw
on November 14,
2008 at Berlin (Germany)
(Extract of the Second Circular)
Invitation
On November 1, 2008, Prof. Dr. techn. Dr. h.c. mult. Helmut
Moritz, Graz, Member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences at Berlin, Full Member
of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), foreign member of over ten national
academies of sciences, is reaching the age of 75.
On this occasion
the Leibniz Society, to honour its standing member of many years’, is
organising an all-day Colloquium on the theme “Scientific Geodesy” on November
14, 2008, at Berlin. This colloquium is supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and the Graz Technical University.
We invite warmly
all the friends of Helmut Moritz, his colleagues, coworkers and scholars, as
well as all the persons, interested in the theme of the colloquium, to attend.
A registration
fee for the colloquium is not requested. We ask to apply for registration in
time using the application form.
Provisional Programme
Pre-programme
on November 13, 2008
10.00 to 16.00 h Scientific sessions of the Leibniz
Society on themes of theoretical physics
to honour Hans-Jürgen Treder, Member of Leibniz Society, who
passed away on November 18, 2006, on the occasion of his 80 th birthday
(Programme enclosed)
18.00 h Informal meeting of the
contributors to the Colloquium „Scientific Geodesy“
November 14,
2008 Colloquium „Scientific Geodesy“
Location of
the sessions: Otto-Suhr-Saal in Neues Stadthaus at
Berlin-Mitte, Parochialstr. 1-3, near by the stations S-
und U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz.
Registration
for attendance is requested.
The
contributions will be presented in the language used in the title. Summaries in
German and English will be available during the meeting.
10.00 h – 12.30 h Morning
Session
10.00 h Opening, Laudationes, Addresses
Dieter B. Herrmann, President of the
Leibniz Society,
Begrüßung
und Eröffnung des Kolloquiums
Herbert Mang, Former President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Laudatio
auf Helmut Moritz
Heinz Kautzleben, Member of the Leibniz
Society,
Die
Geodäsie ab dem IGJ und Helmut Moritz
Herrmann Drewes, General Secretary of the International
Association of Geodesy,
Address
to Helmut Moritz from the IAG
Hans Sünkel, Rector of the Graz Technical University,
Grußadresse
der TU Graz
Addresses from the Austrian Geodetic
Commission and the German Geodetic Commission
Bogdan Ney, Member of the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences,
Address
to Helmut Moritz from the Polish Academy of Sciences
Yury M. Neyman, Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography,
The
Russian Geodesy and Helmut Moritz. Address from MIIGAIK
Announcement of the other addresses from
Academies, Scientific Societies and Universities, which has elected Helmut
Moritz for Foreign Member or Doctor honoris causa, respectively
11.30 h Start of presenting the scientific
papers
Fernando Sansň & G. Venuti, Milano,
The
convergence problem for the collocation solution; a return
Christian C. Tscherning, Copenhagen,
The use of least-squares
collocation for the processing of GOCE data
Petr Holota, Prague,
Problems of potential
theory in gravity field studies
Elena Mazurova, Moscow,
Corrections for
ellipsoidality
12.30
h to 14.30h Lunch break
14.30 h to 17.00 h Afternoon
session
14.30 h Continuation of presenting the
scientific papers
Erik W. Grafarend, Stuttgart,
Helmut Moritz, das
Somigliana-Pizetti-Referenz-Schwerefeld und „Mars“, die Referenz-Äquipotentialfläche
Jürgen Müller, Hannover,
Moderne Geodäsie – eine
Herausforderung für Gravitations- und Quantenphysik
Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Graz,
Galileo
Galilei und Helmut Moritz im Diskurs
Bogdan Ney, Warsaw,
Integration
of geoinformations
Victor P. Savinykh, Moscow,
Space monitoring for nature
and antropogenic disasters
Juhani Kakkuri, Helsinki,
Weikko
Heiskanen and Helmut Moritz
Markku Poutanen, Helsinki,
From
Maupertuis to GRACE. Finnish contributions to the global geodesy
Günter Leonhardt, Gera,
Der Dresdener Geodät Horst
Peschel (1909-1989)
Dieter Lelgemann, Berlin,
Eratosthenes
von Kyrene und das heliozentrische Konzept des Planetensystems
Herbert Hörz, Berlin,
Unbestimmtheit und Exaktheit in der Wissenschaft –
Anmerkungen zu wissenschaftsmethodologischen Überlegungen von
Helmut Moritz
Helmut Moritz, Graz,
Schlusswort zum Kolloquium
Große Mathematiker und die
Geowissenschaften. Von Pythagoras zu Einstein und Hilbert
17.00 h End of the scientific meeting
18.00 h Informal meeting of the
participants to the Colloquium “Scientific Geodesy” to honour Helmut Moritz
Addresses for Questions:
Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu
Berlin e.V.
Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus,
Luisenstr. 58/59, D-10117 Berlin
www.leibniz-sozietaet.de
Prof. Dr. Heinz Kautzleben
Schneewittchenstr. 18, D-12524
Berlin
e-mail: kautzleben.leibniz-sozietaet@t-online.de
Heinz Kautzleben
May 25-29, 2009, Chengdu, China
The Second International Conference on
Earth Observation for Global Changes (EOGC2009) will take place in Chengdu, China, 25-29 May 2009. Knowledge about changes to the Earth's surface and the
underlying processes that induce them has enormous impacts on how society
responds to these changes. With its remarkable progress in the past decade,
Earth observation technology has been playing a crucial role in studies on
global changes. EOGC2009 promises to bring together a broad range of
scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners worldwide in leading
academic institutions and government and industrial laboratories, to enjoy a
week of technical sessions, tutorials, exhibits and social activities. Please
visit http://www.eogc2009.com.cn/ for
details.
IAG 2009 Buenos Aires
August 31 to September 4, 2009
The International Association of Geodesy
Scientific Assembly IAG2009 that will be hosted by the IUGG National Committee
together with the Argentine Association of Geophysics and Geodesy, will take
place in the city of Buenos Aires. IAG2009 will be an event that covers the
whole of geodesy in an exciting social environment that extends our knowledge,
improves our practice, and widens our friendship networks. Following the long
outstanding tradition of these scientific assemblies, IAG2009 will be a major scientific
event, bringing together geodesists from all over the world, and demonstrating
the vital role that geodesy plays in our society. This will be the main
geodetic meeting in 2009. 2nd Circular is
reachable through the webpage of the conference www.iag2009.com.ar.
November 5-7, 2008, Irvine, CA, USA
The ACM SIGSPATIAL International
Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2008 (ACM GIS 2008) is
the sixteenth event of a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993
with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and
practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems based on
geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and
research in all aspects of geographic information systems. Additional
information is available through the webpage http://acmgis08.cs.umn.edu/.
Digital Earth Summit on Geoinformatics: Tools for Global Change
Research
November, 12-14, 2008, Potsdam, Germany
The summit will be
held in Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, Potsdam, Germany from 12-14 November
2008. It will bring together leading scientists from Geoinformatics
and Global Change research and will foster the exchange of ideas, cooperation between
so-far disjoint scientific fields and provide time for in-depth discussion. For
details please visit the webpage of conference, www.isde-summit-2008.org.
December 5-13, 2008, e-conference
The Fourth International Conference on
Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering SCSS 2008 provides a
virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research
on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. SCSS 2008 is one of
the sub-conferences in the CISSE series of international joint e-conferences.
SCSS 08 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the
state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and
engineering. The virtual conference will be conducted through the Internet
using web-conferencing tools, made available by the conference. Authors will
be presenting their PowerPoint, audio or video presentations using
web-conferencing tools without the need for travel. The website of the
conference is http://www.cisse2008online.org.
December 15-19, 2008, San Francisco, USA
The 2008 AGU Fall Meeting is expected to
draw a crowd of over 15,000 geophysicists from around the world. The Fall
Meeting provides an opportunity for researchers, teachers, students, and
consultants to present and review the latest issues affecting the Earth, the
planets, and their environments in space. This meeting will cover topics in all
areas of Earth and space sciences. Among
the Geodesy Sessions are 4 sessions on Future GNSS, Geodetic
and Geophysical Applications based on GNSS signals, GNSS equipment and
site monumentation as well as GNSS signal propagation errors. For further
information see http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/.
February, 1-6, 2009, Cancun, Mexico
GEOWS 2009, The International Conference on
Advanced Geographic Information Systems & Web Services will be held in Cancun, Mexico between 1-6 February 2009. Conference details and call for papers are
reacheable from the webpage http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/GEOWS09.html.
Munich
Satellite Navigation Summit 2009
March, 3-5, 2009, Munich, Germany
The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2009 – the seventh one, to be held March 3-5, 2009 in the famous “Residenz München”, Germany – has been established as the European and
International conference with global impact featuring invited high-ranking
worldwide speakers from industry, science and governments dealing with the
directions of satellite navigation now and in the future. Emphasizing a future
trend in satellite navigation, this year’s Summit will focus on special
sessions on safety and security, in particular also on the use of the Galileo
Public Regulated Service (PRS). Please visit http://www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org/Summit2009/
for details.
July 10-13, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA
The 7th International Conference on
Computing, Communications and Control Technologies: CCCT 2009 (http://www.2009iiisconferences.org/CCCT)
will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 10th - 13th, 2009. CCCT
Conferences are yearly events intended to serve as an encounter point for
Computer, Communications and Control Technologies researchers, practitioners,
consultants and users who have been interchanging ideas, research results and
innovations in the mentioned areas and other related topics. The deadline to
submit a paper/abstract is November 12th, 2008.
July 21-24, 2009, Presidente Prudente, Săo Paulo, Brazil
The 6th International Symposium
on Mobile Mapping Technology “Mobile Mapping Serving the Information Society”
will take place in Presidente Prudente, Săo Paulo, Brazil, July 21-24, 2009. The main objective of the conference is to discuss
the most recent technology and its application, to exchange experiences and to
promote future research aiming at the development and the production in the
fields related to mobile mapping. You may want to check out the website http://www.fct.unesp.br/eventos/simposio/mmt09/ingles
to get preliminary information on MMT’09.
- IUGG/IAGA, August 23-30, 2009, Sopron, Hungary
- IUGG/IAHS, September 7-12, 2009, Hyderabad, India
- IUGG/IASPEI, January 10-16, 2009, Cape Town, S outh Africa
- IUGG/IAG, August 31-September 4, 2009, Buenos Aires , Argentina
- IUGG/IACS-IAMAS-IAPSO, July 19-29, 2009, Montreal, Canada
IHB. Monaco, October 15 – 17, 2008
The Fifth Conference
of the IAG/IHO* Advisory Board on Scientific and Technical Aspects of the Law
of the Sea (ABLOS) was held at the International Hydrographic Bureau, in the
Principality of Monaco, on 15-17 October 2008. The purpose of this Conference
was to draw together specialists from a variety of disciplines for a discussion
of the challenges that arise when applying science and technology with due
consideration of the juridical requirements of the UN Convention on the Law of
the Sea (UNCLOS). The Conference was very successful, attracting a capacity
audience of 90 delegates from 30 countries, with 23 papers being presented
during 9 sessions. The sessions dealt with such topics as:

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The delimitation of the outer continental shelf
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Technical and legal issues concerning
territorial sea baselines in a changing environment
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The protection of the marine environment -
principles and practices
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The definitions of sea level and sounding datum
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The establishment and application of marine
cadastres
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Marine scientific research and the collection of
oceanographic data
Most of the papers submitted and
presentations given during the Conference are available for download from the
IHO web site http://www.iho.int > Committees > ABLOS > 5th Conference.
The 6th ABLOS Conference is planned to be
held in Monaco in October 2010 and further details will be made available in
due course.
The Conference was preceded by the 15th
ABLOS Business Meeting which was held on 14-15 October. The meeting was well
attended with only 1 member of ABLOS not being able to attend. The ex-officio
members from the United Nations – Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea
(UN-DOALOS) and the IHB and five Observers also attended the meeting. The
meeting elected Professor Chris Rizos (Australia), from the IAG, as the new
Chairman, and Chris Carleton (UK), from the IHO, as Vice Chairman. They
assumed their positions following the closure of the 5th Conference. (The
report of the 15th Business Meeting will be available from the ABLOS section of
the IHO web site once it has been approved by the ABLOS members.)
* IAG: International Association for
Geodesy; IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
Chris Rizos