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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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General
Announcements. 3
Steffen Schön won the IAG 2006 Young Author Award. 3
New draft IAG statutes and by-laws. 3
Preliminary program and Draft Council Agenda of IAG for
IUGG XXIV General Assembly Perugia. 3
Agenda of opening and closing sessions and draft agenda
of EC meeting in Perugia. 5
GNSS position at University of Calgary. 6
Post-doctoral Research Position in Tahiti 7
Used cartographic equipment 7
Meeting Announcements. 7
IUGG 2007 Perugia – Proceedings. 7
GNSS Base Station Installation and Data Processing Training
Course. 8
Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile
Measurements. 9
First International Summer School on Global Satellite
Navigation Systems: A Worldwide Utility. 9
ILRS Workshop "Challenges for Laser Ranging in the
21st Century". 9
“Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo
Programme”. 10
37th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on
Space Research and Associated Events – COSPAR 2008. 10
16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging – Initial
Announcement 11
IAG Sponsored Meetings. 11
24th General Assembly of the IUGG.. 11
Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry:
Static and Mobile Measurements. 12
“Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of
the Galileo Programme”. 12
2007 GEO/GGOS Workshop. 12
IAG Related Meetings. 12
WMSCI 2007. 12
CITSA 2007. 12
GNSS Base Station Installation and Data Processing
Training Course. 12
4th AOGS Assembly. 13
First International Summer School on Global Satellite
Navigation Systems: A Worldwide Utility. 13
Baška GNSS Vulnerabilities Workshop. 13
ION GNSS 2007. 13
International Symposium on Strong Vrancea Earthquakes and
Risk Mitigation. 13
SSTDM 07' 13
ACM GIS 2007. 13
International Symposium “Modern Technologies, Education
and Professional Practice in Geodesy and Related Fields” 14
37th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space
Research and Associated Events – COSPAR 2008. 14
16th International Workshop on Laser Ranging. 14
IAG Sister Societies’ General Assemblies. 14
XIIIth ISM Congress. 14
Reports. 14
5th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping
Technologies. 14
Obituary. 16
Bernard Russel Bowring (1925 – 2006) 16
The IAG Newsletter is under the
editorial responsibility of the Communication and Outreach Branch (COB)
of the IAG.
It is an open
forum and contributors are welcome to send material (preferably in electronic
form) to the IAG COB (newsletter@iag-aig.org). These contributions should complement
information sent by IAG officials or by IAG symposia organizers (reports and
announcements). The IAG Newsletter is published monthly. It is
available in different formats from the IAG new internet site: http://www.iag-aig.org
Each IAG
Newsletter includes several of the following topics:
I.
news from the Bureau
Members
II.
general information
III.
reports of IAG
symposia
IV.
reports by
commissions, special commissions or study groups
V.
symposia announcements
VI.
book reviews
VII. fast bibliography
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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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Steffen Schön won the IAG 2006 Young Author Award
Steffen Schön won the IAG 2006 Young Author Award for his paper with
H. Kutterer:
Uncertainty in GPS networks due to
remaining systematic errors: the interval approach,
published in Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 80, pp. 150-162, 2006.
Steffen Schön was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1974. He studied geodesy at the Universität Karlsruhe, the Ecole Nationale des Sciences
Géographiques (ENSG/IGN, Paris), and the Laboratoire de Recherche en Géodésie
(LAREG/IGN, Paris) between 1994 and 1999. From 2000-2002, he was a research
associate at the Geodetic Institute in Karlsruhe, in the project „Optimal
design of geodetic monitoring networks with respect to an extended uncertainty
budget” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Focussing on remaining
systematic errors in GPS, this project was carried on at the German Geodetic Research
Institute (DGFI, Munich) until 2004. In 2003 he received his PhD degree in
geodesy from the Universität Karlsruhe. His thesis deals with the assessment of
systematic errors in geodetic measurements by interval mathematics. From April
2004 until August 2006, he was research associate at Engineering Geodesy and
Measurement Systems (EGMS) at Graz University of Technology, Austria. There, he
analysed GPS landslide monitoring networks and investigated tropospheric
correction models for GPS networks with large height differences. In September
2004 he obtained a two-year Feodor-Lynen post-doctoral fellowship from the
Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (Bonn, Germany) to work with Prof. Fritz K.
Brunner on “identification and modelling of physical correlations of GPS
carrier phase observations” at EGMS. Since September 2006 he is full professor
for positioning and navigation at the Institut für Erdmessung (IfE), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, where he succeeded Prof. Günter Seeber.
His main
research interests are: correction and assessment of station specific and
distant dependent systematic errors in GNSS, improvement of the stochastic
model for GNSS observations, and applications of low-cost equipment for
positioning and navigation. He is member of the IAG IC-WG1
Quality Measures, Quality Control, and Quality Improvement.
Congratulations!
IAG Bureau
The Executive Committee
has prepared a second draft of the revised Statutes and By-Laws, see http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/IAG_Statutes-April_27.pdf and http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/IAG_Bylaws-May23.pdf
IAG Bureau
IAG General
Assembly at IUGG XXIV 2007, Perugia Italia, July 213, 2007.
Oral Sessions take place 9:00 – 12:30 and
14:00 – 17:30, except when there is a Union Lecture or EC meeting. Then the
session starts at 9:30.
Poster sessions on the same day or days
from 18:00 to 20:00. Posters will only be up 1 day (evening). Union lectures
and 2 (of 3) EC meetings: 8:30 – 9:30.
All meetings are expected to take place at
the Department of Education, (Facolta de Scienze della Formazione), Piazza G.Ermini,
1, close to the center of Perugia. Hopefully the IAG office will be at the same
place.
IAG Reception will be in the form of at
tour to Spoleto by bus. Max. number: 200.
IAG Dinner at “La locanda dei Golosi”, http://www.lalocandadeigolosi.it (TBC).
ICCT: Commission
meeting.
SC 3.1 (Earth
Tides) Sub-Commission meeting, Thursday 5, 17:00 – 19:00.
JGS001 Ocean
Circulation and contributions from new satellite missions (IAPSO)
JGS002 Global
sealevel change: Altimetry, GNSS and tide gauge measurements (IAPSO)
JGS003
Earthquake and Volcano Geodesy (IASPEI, IAVCEI)
JGS005
Observations of the Cryosphere from Space (CCS, IAMAS, IAPSO, IAHS, CliC)
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last update
20070327
Draft COUNCIL AGENDA 2007.
Monday, July 2,
2007, 14.30 15.00
Subject and Responsible:
- Welcome, greetings to delegates. GB/CCT
- Perugia
Organisation GB/CCT
- Change of Statutes and ByLaws (KPS)
- Appointment of Audit Committee CCT
- Appointment of Resolution Committee GB
- IAG Budget Proposal 07 11 CCT
- Information on IAG awards GB (Levallois
Medal, Bomford Prize)
- Review of election procedures and
results. FS (This is followed by the opening session and a reception).
Monday, July 9,
2007, 19 21.
Subject and Responsible
- Report of audit committee. AC
- IAG Budget Approval. CCT
- IAG Representatives. CCT
- Venue of Scientific Assembly 2009. GB.
- Adoption of changes to statutes and
bylaws. KPS/GB.
- Approval of continuation or establishment
of Inter Commission Committes and/or projects.
- Resolutions. GB
GB=Gerhard Beutler, CCT=C.C.Tscherning,
KPS=KlausPeter Schwarz, FS=F.Sansň
IAG Bureau
IAG
– Opening Session
Draft Program
Time: Monday, July
2, 2007, 16.00-17.45.
Place: Dep. of
Education, Main Hall, Perugia.
1. Report of the IAG president (G.Beutler - 20
min)
2. Report of the IAG General Secretary (C.C.
Tscherning - 10 min)
3. Commission, ICCT, COB and GGOS Highlights
(all Commission and presidents of ICCT, COB and GGOS - 5 min each)
4. Report of the Editor-in-Chief of the JofG
(W.Featherstone - 5 min)
5. Presentation of the new Executive Committee
(M.Sideris. - 3 min)
7. Presentation of the Levallois Medal to
C.C.Tscherning.(Laudatio by F.SansC2 -5 min)
8. Best Young Author Award 2006 (G.Beutler, 3
min).
9. Presentation of the Bomford Prize to M.
Furuya (G.Beutler) and Bomford Lecture by the recipient (15 min)
10. Perugia Organisation and social events (5
min C.C.Tscherning, F.Radicioni).
IAG
– Closing Session
Draft Program
Time: Tuesday July
10, 2007, 16.00-17.30
Place: Department of
Education, Main Hall. Perugia..
1. Report on the Scientific Program (Convenors,
10 persons, each 3 min)
2. Resolutions (M.Sideris, 15 min).
3. Presentation of new Fellows. (G.Beutler, 5
min).
4. Inaugural Speach by the new President
(M.Sideris, 10 min).
5. Closing remarks. (G.Beutler. - 5 min)
IAG -
Executive Committee (1.rev) Draft Agenda Perugia
Department of Education, Room 5.
Time: Monday, July 2, 2007, 9.00 -
12.30.
1. Adoption of
agenda.
2. Perugia Organisation. (CCT)
3. Proposal for
members of the audit committee. (CCT)
4. Nomination of
the members of the resolution committee. (GB)
5. New fellows
(CCT).
6. Result of
elections and the handling of ties. (FS).
7. Election of
Commission Vice-Presidents and president ICCT (GB/MS).
8. Venue of IAG
Scientific Assembly 2009 (CCT).
9. Election of
IAG representatives to external bodies. (CCT)
10. Sponsorship
of Symposia. (Material must be received beforehand, otherwise it will be send
out for e-mail vote to the new EC) and IAG Symposia Rules (CCT/FS)
11. GGOS Status.
(MR)
12. New statutes
and by-laws.(KPS/GB).
13. Council
meeting agenda and opening session (same afternoon).
14.
Collaboration with FIG� (CR).
15.
Collaboration with ION (RN)
Time: Wedensday, July 4, 8.30-9.30.
16. IAG Budget.
(CCT).
17. Status of
Handbook and Travaux (JA) .
18. Revision of
rules for Bomford prize and Levallois medal (see minutes of last EC meeting).
17. Report of
the Committee of Developing Countries. (CM+LF).
Time: Friday, July 6, 8.30-9.30.
19. JofG
Editorial Board proposal. (WF).
20. Audit
Committee report.
21. Resolution
Committee Report.
22. ICET
proposal.
Last change 2007-05-23 by cct.
Draft programs for opening and closing
sessions are
http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/open07.htm
http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/closing07.htm
IAG Bureau
Assistant/Associate
Professor in GNSS

The Department of
Geomatics Engineering, in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate
Professor (tenure track) in GNSS, effective January 1, 2008. A PhD in
geomatics or telecommunications engineering is highly desirable.
Demonstrated
expertise in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is required. Research
expertise in one or more of the following areas is desirable: CDMA signal
processing and enhancements, GNSS software receiver design and implementation,
satellite and ground-based augmentation systems including, tight and
ultra-tight GNSS-INS integration, indoor use of GNSS, and advanced estimation
and optimization methods as applied to positioning and navigation. The
position is expected to interface with all related disciplines of geomatics
engineering and will conduct both teaching and research in satellite-based
navigation and related areas. The applicant is expected to develop a strong
research program and should be capable of attracting external funding for these
research activities and graduate student support. The selected candidate must
also have the capability and the flexibility to teach at all levels of the
Geomatics engineering program and will be required to register as a
Professional Engineer in the Province of Alberta within 2 years of initial
appointment.
The Department
of Geomatics Engineering is actively involved in all aspects of geomatics
engineering and comprises 21 faculty members, some 90 graduate students and 50
students in each year of the undergraduate program. State-of-the-art geomatics
engineering equipment and computer facilities are available. Related
information can be found at http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/.
The University of Calgary is a co-educational, non-denominational, government supported
institution with a student population of about 27,000. The City of Calgary itself has a population of over one million and is situated within an hour's drive
of Banff National Park, one of the most beautiful parts of the Rocky Mountains. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and
permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Calgary respects, appreciates and encourages diversity.
Applications
should include a detailed curriculum vitae and a complete list of
publications.
Three letters of
reference should be mailed directly to:
Head, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
E-mail: minch@ucalgary.ca
Closing date: 15 August 2007
Ms. Marcia Inch
Administrative Manager, University of Calgary
Study of the
distribution of the atmospheric water vapour in a tropical area from GPS data (Tahiti island)
The aim of this
post-doctoral research is to model, from the GPS data acquired at the Geodesy
Observatory of Tahiti, the delays of propagation of GPS signals caused by the
dry and wet atmosphere, over the five to seven last years. We will correlate
the obtained results with all the available weather data in order to obtain a
daily 3D scan of the water vapour over the site of the Observatory. This will
permit both physical studies of the atmosphere, and the elaboration of GPS
daily correction models valid both in azimuth and elevation for a better
determination of the vertical positioning of the Observatory.
Skills required:
PhD in Geodesy/Geomatics, Geophysics or Applied Mathematics, good command of a
programming language, fluency in French or English.
Duration: 16
months, starting October 2007, at the University of French Polynesia (Punaauia,
near Papeete).
Please email
cover letter, resume and two references (all in pdf format) to: Pr Jean-Pierre
Barriot, Head of the Geodesy Observatory of Tahiti, at barriot@upf.pf. Deadline for application: August 15th,
2007. No citizenship requirements, but the successful candidate will
have to be approved by the Immigration Bureau of French Polynesia
Jean-Pierre Barriot
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IUGG
2007 Perugia – Proceedings
International Association of Geodesy,
Central Bureau
Copenhagen, July 11, 2007.
Announcement to
all presenters/authors at IAG Symposia, GS001-005 in Perugia.
As ususal Proceedings will be published in
the Springer IAG Proceedings Series. The chief editor will be the new IAG
President, Professor M.Sideris, University of Calgary.
The proceedings
will be reviewed, and the review will be handled by the Symposia main
Convenors. Therefore you should send your manuscript by e-mail as a pdf-file
attachment to the convenors, following the instructions found in
http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/proc_instructions07.htm
GS001:
H.Drewes, e-mail: drewes@dgfi.badw.de
GS002:
C.Jekeli, e-mail: jekeli.1@osu.edu
GS003:
V.Dehant, e-mail: veroniq@oma.be
GS004:
C.Rizos, e-mail: c.rizos@unsw.edu.au
GS005:
M.Rothacher e-mail: rothacher@gfz-potsdam.de
The deadline for submitting the manuscript
is September 1, 2007. The page-limit is 8
pages.
An order form for ordering the proceedings
at a discount price can be found at
http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/orderform.pdf
http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/orderform.doc (MS
Word)
C.C.Tscherning
Secretary
General
Regional Centre
for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya, 30 July - 10 August 2007
GNSS/GPS data users have greatly increased
in the last few years. However in Africa there is lack of GNSS base stations
that could enhance the application and use of GNSS data. Furthermore in Africa, there is no uniform geodetic reference system making maps not compatible and
sharing of map information difficult. To overcome these difficulties the AFREF
project was initiated by the United Nations for Economic Commission for Africa
(UNECA) in 2005.
When fully
implemented, AFREF will consist of a network of continuous, permanent GNSS/GPS
stations such that a user anywhere in Africa would have free access to the
generated data.
The purpose of
the course is to provide technical skills in base station installation, data
handling and dissemination and precise analysis using scientific GNSS
processing software. The qualifying participants shall be Land surveyors,
Geodesist, Engineers, Cartographers from African countries with experience in
Global Navigation satellite System (GNSS) technologies. Tuition is free but
participants have to meet their traveling and accommodation costs.
Course contents
·
Introduction to GNSS and IGS data and products
·
Reference systems and frames
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Requirements of Continuously Operating Reference
GNSS Stations (CORS)
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Operation of AFREF project
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Theory of GPS data processing
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Training with Scientific software processing
Application deadline: Applications
should reach RCMRD at contacts given below latest by 16 July 2007
Contact: Dr.
H.O. Farah/Mr. C.M.Kamamia
Regional Centre
for Mapping of Resources for Development
P. O Box 632-00618 Nairobi Kenya
Tel.+254-20-8560227/0265/1775,
Fax. +254-20-8561673/3767
Email: farah@rcmrd.org /muyack@rcmrd.org ; Web: www.rcmrd.org
St. Petersburg, Russia, 20 - 22 August 2007.
The meeting is being organized by Leonid
Vitushkin, Chair of the Study Group 2.1 (Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters) of
Commission 2. The symposium is officially sponsored by the IAG, co-sponsored by
the Institute of Earth Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; and the BIPM.
The topics of
the conference will include the design and investigations of the measuring
instruments for the absolute and relative measurement of the gravity field,
their applications for terrestrial, shipboard and airborne platforms, and in
the metrology of gravimetry. Traditional free-fall, superconducting, and
spring-type gravimeters, gradiometers, and new technologies, such as based on
atom interferometry, will be especially welcome, as will results and
methodologies of static and mobile campaigns, as well as current and future
networks. Geophysical interpretation of results and connection with
space-borne systems are of limited interest, since the emphasis is on
terrestrial (including airborne) instrumentation and methods to extract gravity
field measurements for a variety of applications.
More details
about the symposium will soon be available on the website of the meeting.
Contact person of the Local Organising Committee is Mrs. Margarita Grishina (mgrishina@eprib.ru).
Christopher Jekeli and
Leonid Vitushkin
2-9 September 2007, Berchtesgaden, Germany
This
summer school will provide key information, fresh ideas, practical advice such
as:
Satellite
Navigation:
- History of GPS
- Basics of
Satellite Navigation
- GNSS Under
Development and Modernization
- Constellations
and Orbit Determination
- Clocks in
Satellite Navigation
- Frequencies,
Signals and Signal Processing
- GNSS Receiver
Technology
- Positioning &
Navigation Algorithms and Processing
- GNSS Indoor
Positioning
- GNSS/INS Sensor
Fusion
- Perspectives of
the Future
Business
and System Engineering
- Introduction to
Project Management
- Managing and
Funding International Projects
- Seminar and
Student Project Work/Competition
Applications
of Satellite Navigation
- Aviation
- Marine
- Land
- Surveying
Registration
is possible on http://www.munich-satellite-navigation-summerschool.org.
25-27 September
2007, Grasse, France.
The International Laser Ranging Service
(ILRS) will conduct a workshop September 25-27 in Grasse France. The theme of the workshop is "Challenges for Laser Ranging in the 21st
Century" and will cover topics such as:
- Upcoming scientific challenges for SLR
- Future developments and collaborations in
station, operations, and analysis
- SLR technological challenges
- Projects, missions, and stations –
tomorrow and the next decade
The workshop
will be preceded with a meeting of the ILRS Analysis Working Group and will
close with the ILRS General Assembly. More information about the workshop and
the ILRS can be found at:
http://www.obs-azur.fr/gemini/ecoles_colloq/colloques/ilrs2007/index.php?lng=en
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov
The workshop is
sponsored by the ILRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, CNES and Groupe de
Recherche en Géodésie Spatiale (GRGS), Ville de Grasse and Poleazur Provence, CNRS and GEMINI/UMR. The local organizers look forward to welcoming attendees to
southern France for the workshop as well as a tour of the Calern Observatory,
home to the Grasse laser ranging systems.
Carey Noll
Secretary,
ILRS Central Bureau.
2-4 October 2007,
Toulouse, France.
An international colloquium on fundamental
aspects and scientific applications of Galileo and GNSS will be held in Toulouse in October 2007. ANAE (Académie Nationale de l’Air et de l’Espace), Bureau des
Longitudes, Académie de Marine and ESA (European Space Agency), are the main
instigators of this colloquium meant to contribute to the 50th anniversary
celebrations of the launch of Sputnik.
The colloquium will address three major issues:
- The fundamental aspects of navigation by
satellites and Galileo: geodetic and temporal reference frames,
relativistic frame, on board and ground clocks, orbits, radiative
environment in orbit, intersatellite links, fundamental aspects of
propagation, tropospheric and ionospheric corrections, calibration and
validation, relations with international organisations (BIPM, IGS).
- Scientific applications in meteorology,
geodesy, geophysics, space physics, oceanography, land surface and
ecosystem studies, using either normal or reflected signals, differential
measurements, phase measurements, occultations, in real or delayed modes,
using receivers placed on the ground, in airplanes or in scientific
satellites.
- Scientific developments in physics and
dealing with future systems, particularly in testing fundamental laws, in
astronomy, in quantum communication, and in developing clocks or
experiments based on GNSS.
This colloquium intends to bring together leading
members of the European scientific community and their international partners.
One of its aims is to propose to Galileo partners means of enhancing the
scientific use of Galileo and to contribute to GNSS development based on
scientific approaches.
Contact Points:
Organisation Committee: Martine.Segur@anae.fr
Scientific Committee: Clovis.de.Matos@esa.int
Source: http://www.congrex.nl/07a06/
50th
Anniversary Assembly
13 - 20 July
2008, Montreal, Canada.
Contact:
COSPAR Secretariat, c/o CNES, 2 place
Maurice Quentin, 75039 Paris Cedex 01, France. Tel: +33 1 44 76 75 10, Fax: +33
1 44 76 74 37. E-mail: cospar@cosparhq.cnes.fr
http://www.cospar2008.org/ or http://www.cospar-assembly.org
Scientific Program Chair:
Prof. Jean-Pierre St.-Maurice, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Abstract Deadline:
Mid-February 2008
Topics:
Approximately 85 meetings covering
the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions (SC) and Panels:
- SC A: The Earth's Surface,
Meteorology and Climate
- SC B: The Earth-Moon System,
Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System
- SC C: The Upper Atmospheres of the
Earth and Planets Including Reference Atmospheres
- SC D: Space Plasmas in the Solar
System, Including Planetary Magnetospheres
- SC E: Research in Astrophysics from
Space
- SC F: Life Sciences as Related to
Space
- SC G: Materials Sciences in Space
- SC H: Fundamental Physics in Space
- Panel on Satellite Dynamics (PSD)
- Panel on Scientific Ballooning (PSB)
- Panel on Potentially Environmentally
Detrimental Activities in Space (PEDAS)
- Panel on Radiation Belt Environment
Modelling (PRBEM)
- Panel on Space Weather (PSW)
- Panel on Planetary Protection (PPP)
- Panel on Capacity Building (PCB)
- Panel on Education
- Special events: 50th anniversary
lectures, interdisciplinary lectures, space agency round table, session on
EGY - Towards an Earth and Space Science Commons
Papers Published in Advances in Space
Research, a fully refereed journal.
A. Janofsky
Associate
Director
COSPAR
Poznan Poland, September 22-26, 2008.
The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences has confirmed that the next International Workshop on Laser Ranging
will be held in Poznan Poland (15 km from the Borowiec SLR station) on
September 22-26, 2008. We ask you to reserve this date an your calendars and
plan to attend what will surely be another exciting laser workshop.
Carey Noll
Crustal
Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
2 - 13 July 2007, Perugia, Italy
The XXIV IUGG General Assembly will be held
in Perugia from July 2nd to July 13th 2007. The conference events (sessions,
workshops, lectures, symposia) will take place on the campus of the University of Perugia. The poster session and special events will take place in the
historical center of the city. The deadline for early bird registration is
April 15, 2007. The website of the Assembly is http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/.
20 - 22 August 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The topics of the conference will include
the design and investigations of the measuring instruments for the absolute and
relative measurement of the gravity field, their applications for terrestrial,
shipboard and airborne platforms, and in the metrology of gravimetry.
Traditional free-fall, superconducting, and spring-type gravimeters, gradiometers,
and new technologies, such as based on atom interferometry, will be especially
welcome, as will results and methodologies of static and mobile campaigns, as
well as current and future networks. More details about the symposium will soon
be available on the website of the meeting.
2-4 October 2007, Toulouse, France
An international colloquium on fundamental
aspects and scientific applications of Galileo and GNSS will be held in Toulouse in October 2007. ANAE (Académie Nationale de l’Air et de l’Espace), Bureau des
Longitudes, Académie de Marine and ESA (European Space Agency), are the main
instigators of this colloquium meant to contribute to the 50th anniversary
celebrations of the launch of Sputnik. For more information please visit http://www.congrex.nl/07A06/.
5-6 November 2007, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
The GGOS Contribution to
GEOSS and an Observing System for Geohazards and Disaster Prevention: a GEO
Workshop organized by the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS). The Workshop
is scheduled during the 2007 International Geohazards Week in ESRIN, Frascati (Italy) on 5-9 November 2007. The 2007 International Geohazards Week is a GEO event that
contributes to the International Year of Planet Earth. The official Workshop
Web Page is hosted by the European Space Agency. For registration, hotel
reservation, and abstract submission, please, visit this official page http://earth.esa.int/workshops/2007Geohazards/.
Additional information on the Workshop background and program is provided at http://cheryl.nbmg.unr.edu/ggos/ggosws_2007/.
8-11 July 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA
The 11th World Multi-Conference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2007)) will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, from July 8-11, 2007. WMSCI 2007 is an international forum for
scientists and engineers, researchers and consultants, theoreticians and
practitioners in the fields of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. The
topic of the conference is related to the area of Geographical Information
Systems. March 1st is the new deadline for papers/abstracts submissions and
Invited Sessions Proposals for WMSCI 2007. Visit the conference homepage at http://www.iiis-cyber.org/wmsci2007
for further details.
12-15 July 2007, Orlando, Florida, USA
The 4th International Conference on
Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA 2007
jointly with the 5th International Conference on Computing, Communications and
Control Technologies: CCCT 2007 will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, from July 12-15, 2007. CITSA '07 is an International Multi-Conference being organized with the
purpose of providing researchers, practitioners, developers, consultants, and
end-users of computerized, communications and/or control systems and
technologies, as well as their industrial and social applications in the
private and the public sectors, an opportunity to join in a common place
sharing experience and knowledge. The conference homepage is at http://www.info-cyber.org/citsa2007.
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources
for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya, 30 July - 10 August 2007
GNSS/GPS data users have greatly increased
in the last few years. The AFREF project was initiated by the United Nations
for Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in 2005. The purpose of the course
is to provide technical skills in base station installation, data handling and
dissemination and precise analysis using scientific GNSS processing software. The
qualifying participants shall be Land surveyors, Geodesist, Engineers,
Cartographers from African countries with experience in Global Navigation
satellite System (GNSS) technologies. Tuition is free but participants have to
meet their traveling and accommodation costs. The RCMRD website is www.rcmrd.org.
30 July - 4 August 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
Having hosted its Scientific Assemblies
annually since 2004, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Assembly has
become an ideal forum for addressing to and interacting with geoscientists from
all over Asia and Oceania as well as those from U.S. and Europe. There will also
be a special GPS/VLBI/SLR Networks and Geosciences Applications session in AOGS
Assembly 2007. The deadline of submitting abstract is 15 March, 2007. For
details, please visit http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2007/.
2-9 September 2007, Berchtesgaden, Germany
This summer school will provide key
information, fresh ideas, practical advice such as Satellite Navigation, Business
and System Engineering and Applications of Satellite Navigation. Registration
is possible on http://www.munich-satellite-navigation-summerschool.org.
12-14 September 2007, Baška, Krk Island, Croatia
The international workshop Global
Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS): problems, vulnerabilities and
solutions, jointly organised by the Royal
Institute of Navigation Croatian Branch and the Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy, University of Nottingham, UK, will be held in Baška, Krk Island, Croatia 12-14 September, 2007. Submission deadline for presenters is set
to 1 July, 2007. For more information on the GNSS Vulnerabilities Workshop is
reachable through the webpage http://www.rin.org.uk/pooled/articles/BF_EVENTART/view.asp?Q=BF_EVENTART_286566
24-25 September 2007, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
The 20th International Technical
Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation will be held
at Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Abstracts should be submitted electronically via
ION’s Web site no later than March 7, 2007. Program information and further
details are found on the webpage of the meeting http://www.ion.org/meetings/#gnss.
4-6 October 2007, Bucharest, Romania
International Symposium on Strong Vrancea
Earthquakes and Risk Mitigation organized by the CRC 461 “Strong Earthquakes – A
Challenge for Geosciences and Civil Engineering” (Universität Karlsruhe,
Germany) and the “Romanian Group for Strong Vrancea Earth-quakes” (RGVE),
Bucharest will take place between 4-6 October 2007, Bucharest, Romania. For
further information and registration please visit http://www-sfb461.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/.
28 October 2007, Omaha, NE, USA
The 2007 International Workshop on Spatial
and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining (SSTDM 07’) will be held in cooperation with IEEE ICDM 2007 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The goal of the workshop is to bring
together researchers, developers and practitioners in the field of spatial and
spatio-temporal data mining together in order to identify current research
foci, vital areas of need, and critical points of synergy. Selected papers will
appear in the GeoInformatica journal as a special issue. The workshop webpage
is at http://spatial.nvc.cs.vt.edu/sstdm07.
7-9 November 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA
The ACM International Symposium on Advances
in Geographic Information Systems in 2007 (ACM GIS 2007) is the fifteenth 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. The conference webpage is at http://www.cise.ufl.edu/dept/acmgis2007/.
9-10 November, Sofia, Bulgaria
This International
Symposium with a special session for young specialists and students will take
place in Sofia on November 09 - 10 November 2007. This symposium is the sixteen
in its turn among the annual international symposia with exhibition, organised
by USLMB so far under the auspices and with the sponsorship of the three
international surveying organisations: FIG, ISPRS, ICA and also EGoS and CLGE
and local and international institutions. For up-to-date information please, visit the Symposium
website at:http://geodesy.fnts-bg.org/.
50th Anniversary Assembly
13 - 20 July 2008, Montreal, Canada.
The 50th Anniversary Assembly
COSPAR 2008 will be held in Montreal, Canada. For more information about this
particular event please visit the Assembly website at http://www.cospar2008.org/.
22-26 September 2008, Poznan, Poland
The next International Workshop on Laser
Ranging will be held in Poznan Poland (15 km from the Borowiec SLR station) on September 22-26, 2008.
September 24-28, 2007, Budapest, Hungary
The XIIIth Congress of
International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM) will be held at Budapest
University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary. The preliminary
program is available from the ISM website: http://www.ism.rwth-aachen.de.
Padova, Italy May 28-31, 2007
The 5th International Symposium
on Mobile Mapping Technologies (MMT) was held in Padova from May 28 to 31,
2007. It was organized by CIRGEO – Interdepartment Research Center for Geomatics, University of Padova. Prof. Antonio Vettore, University of Padova, and Prof. Naser El-Sheimy, University of Calgary, were the meeting
conveners, with the Scientific Committee chaired by Prof. Naser El-Sheimy, and
co-chaired by Prof. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, The Ohio State University, Prof.
Ron Li, The Ohio State University, Dr. Vincent Tao, Microsoft Corp., and Dr.
Charles Toth, The Ohio State University.
The meeting was
co-sponsored by the University of Padova, University of Calgary and The Ohio
State University, the ISPRS (IC WG V/I, Integrated Mobile Mapping Systems; IC
WG I/V, Autonomous Vehicle Navigation; WG I/3, Multi-Platform Sensing and
Sensor Networks; WG I/2, LiDAR and IfSAR Systems; WG II/6, System Integration
and Interoperability), the IAG Sub-commission 4.1, Multi-Sensor Systems, and
the FIG WG5.3, Integrated Positioning, Navigation and Mapping Systems, and the
following corporate sponsors: Leica Geosystems, Intermap Technologies, SIFET,
AIR DATA, Applanix, and Trimble Ltd.
The opening
ceremony was chaired by Dr. Naser El-Sheimy, Convenor, and included welcome
speeches by representatives of the sponsoring organizations, followed by
welcome speeches by representatives of the University of Padova (representative
of Prof. Vincenzo Milanesi - Rector of the University of Padua and Prof.
Raffaele Cavalli Dean Faculty of Agriculture). The symposium also included
four keynote speeches by:
- Prof. Armin
Gruen, ETH, on “Mobile Mapping with UAV Technology”
- Mr. Lionel Garin,
NemeriX, on “GNSS and Digital Maps, Symbiosis or Both Sides of the Same
Medal?”
- Mr. Eric
DesRoche, Intermap Technologies, on “Terrestrial Mapping for a Mobile World”
- Prof. Vincent
Tao, Microsoft Virtual Earth, on “Opportunities and Challenges in Mobile Mapping for On-line Services and Consumer Applications: A Perspective from
Microsoft Virtual Earth”
These keynote speeches linked how mobile
mapping technology, user requirements and new applications drive each other,
with the users as the major beneficiaries. A one day tutorial on
state-of-the-art and future trends, attended by 30 persons, provided a
stimulating casual environment to discuss recent development in mobile mapping.
The tutorial was offered by Dr. Naser El-Sheimy - the University of Calgary Canada, Dr. Mohamed M.R. Mostafa, Applanix Corp, Canada, Dr. Charles Toth and Drs.
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, The Ohio State University, USA.
This was the fifth MMT symposium since 1995, with the first four conferences
held in Columbus, at The Ohio State University (1995), in Bangkok, Thailand (1999), Cairo, Egypt (2001), and Kunming, China (2004). The symposium provided a
stimulating environment to promote scientific presentations, interactive
discussions, and information exchange. It brought together about 180
participants from 23 countries, who are specialists, engineers, users and those
interested in mobile mapping technology, real-time positioning, sensor
integration and calibration, feature extraction and 3-D data acquisition. 88
oral presentations in 18 sessions and 33 posters in one poster session reported
most recent R&D and application achievements of mobile mapping. The
proceedings of the symposium, edited by Dr. Naser El-Sheimy, have been produced
on a CD which can be ordered from the University of Padova (E-mail Prof.
Antonio Vettore: antonio.vettore@unipd.it ).
The symposium
program was structured in such a way that features common to all Mobile Mapping
Systems (MMS) were treated first before specific application; new applications,
and trends in MMS were also considered. Common features included the
mathematical framework of direct georeferencing for land and airborne imaging
sensors, integrated navigation systems, object extraction and recognition, and
estimation techniques common to all MMS. Only after these common features had
been treated, specific sessions were dedicated to cover the full spectrum of
Mobile Mapping Technology.
The 6th
International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology
will be held at the Săo Paulo State University, Brazil in July 2009. Prof. Săo Paulo State University) was appointed chair of the Organizing Committee, and Prof.
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, The Ohio State University, was appointed chair of the Scientific Committee.
Naser El-Sheimy,
Convenor and Chair of Scientific Committee
Antonio Vettore,
Convenor
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, co-chair, Scientific Committee
Bernard Bowring died on the 22nd October aged 80. His name will be
familiar to geodesists, mainly for his various publications dealing with the
mathematics of the ellipsoid, and especially for the collaborative work with
T.Vincenty, which was published as a NOAA technical memorandum of immense
value. Bowring won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge University, enabling him to gain his BA in Mechanical Sciences in 1946. He served with the RAF
in India from 1946–1948 and was later to study for and gain a BSc in
Mathematics from the University of London in 1954. That mathematics was the
love of his life was demonstrated by the award of a Doctorate from Cambridge University in 1996. From 1949 until his early retirement in 1977-8 he was
employed in the computing section of the Directorate of Colonial (later
Overseas) Surveys, under the guidance of H. H. Brazier and H. F. Rainsford. In
those days, when computations were executed by hand or by electric calculators,
Bowring’s efforts were directed to solving large sets of linear equations.
Typical was the “adjustment” of the Northern Rhodesian triangulation, which
occupied him for over six weeks: a task which would be accomplished in minutes
today. Bowring published over twenty theoretical papers many of which are
seminal. In a paper in Survey Review (Vol 33. No 261 July 1966), B K Meade
referred to his long correspondence with Bowring and concluded that the
latter’s “Geodesic Inverse Solution is superior to other methods”.
An exceedingly
private man, Bernard shunned society, enjoying a solitary life with his
interests in cycling, inventing and above all mathematics. He did not possess a
phone, a car or a computer. Many may have assumed he lived an unexciting life
as he returned on his bicycle to his one bed-roomed apartment. But from that
home he was communicating with Universities around the world and busy
developing his theories.
At the time of
his death he was grappling with Fermat’s last theorem.
Acknowledgement: This obituary is based on
one which appeared in Survey Review in April 2007 compiled by Arthur Allan. The
photo was supplied by Bowring's nephew Mr Terence Allen.
Alan Dodson