IVS2016

Progress on the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management initiative on the Global Geodetic Reference Frame and the Norwegian Mapping Authority's core station project at 79° North

14 Mar 2016, 15:10

15m

Oral Presentation 2: VGOS Strategies and Expected Results Oral2: VGOS Strategies and Expected Results

Speaker

Mr Per Erik Opseth (Norwegian Mapping Authority)

Description

February 26th 2015 the United Nations General assembly adopted the resolution on the Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF). Presently major effort under a UN mandate is entered into developing a road map giving guidance to how the GGRF shall become sustainable. This work will influence the geodetic framework conditions in the years to come. As a contribution to global geodesy, Norway is building a core station at Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen. Presently the station buildings and fundaments are finished and waiting for the new twin VLBI telescopes to be installed.