REFERENCE FRAMES IN PRACTICE

Date: Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 September (morning) 2022

The Technical Seminar on Reference Frames in Practice will be held in Warsaw on 10-11 September 2022. The main focus is on reference frames in general with a specific focus on UN initiatives, global and regional frames as well selected national case studies.  A  half-day International GNSS Service (IGS) Training will also be completed.  Attendees can familiarize themselves with the training by reviewing videos at https://igs.org/tour-de-ligs-presentations

FIG Commission 5 is organizing this Seminar, in conjunction with the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), the United Nations International Committee on GNSS (UN ICG), UN Global Geospatial Information Management Subcommittee on Geodesy and the Association of Polish Surveyors. The seminar will be held in DoubleTree Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw, Skalnicowa 21, 04-797, Warsaw, Poland. Limited funds are available for participants from developing countries to travel to the Seminar. A future notice will provide further information on eligibility and application for this aid.

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Daniel Roman, Chair of FIG Commission 5 (2019-2022)

DAY 1

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

SESSION 1: INTERNATIONAL GEODESY INITIATIVES

ICG at UN
Ms. Sharafat Gadimova, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
[handouts]

UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy and the FIG
Dr. Daniel R. Roman, Chair for WG on Education, Training and Capacity Building and Chair Commission 5, Positioning and Measurement
[handouts]

IAG and the International GNSS Service
Ms. Allison Craddock, IGS Bureau Director, U.S.A
[handouts]

SESSION 2: INTRODUCTION TO REFERENCE FRAMES

Introduction to Geodetic Reference Frame Theory
Dr. Chris Pearson, University of Otago, New Zealand
[handouts]

Introduction to Vertical Reference Frames
Ms. Katarzyna Kalinczuk-Stanałowska, Head Office of Geodesy & Cartography, Poland
[handouts]

Reference Frames, Datum Transformations and GIS
Dr. Kevin Ahlgren,, NOAA National Geodetic Survey, USA
[handouts]

SESSION 3 AND 4: IGS TRAINING

Spotlight on Bernese GNSS Software
Prof. Dr. Rolf Dach, University of Bern, Switzerland
[handouts]

Spotlight on GipsyX GNSS Software (virtual)
Dr. Paul Ries, Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, USA
[handouts]

DAY 2

SESSION 1: CASE STUDIES

Case study of Poland
Ms. Katarzyna Kalinczuk-Stanałowska, Head Office of Geodesy & Cartography, Poland
[handouts]

Case study for Papua New Guinea (virtual)
Dr. Richard Stanaway, UNSW Sydney
[handouts]

SESSION 2: CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Asia-Pacific Region
Dr. Ryan Keenan, Asia/Pacific Regional Capacity Development Network
[handouts]

Americas Region
Dr. Daniel Roman, Americas Regional Capacity Development Network
[handouts]

Discussion

Closing Remarks
Dr. Daniel Roman, FIG Commission 5; and Ms. Allison Craddock, IGS Bureau

ICG Funding for the seminar

Candidates for the UN-OOSA funding have now been selected. Notifications will be returned shortly letting those who applied know the results.

 

Pre-event Sponsor