Properly designed and structured groundbased geodetic networks materialize the reference systems to support sub-mm global change measurements over space, time and evolving technologies. Over this past year, the Ground Networks and Communications Working Group (GN&C WG) has been organized under the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) to work with the IAG measurement services (the IGS, ILRS, ...

Since the definition of the Geocentric Datum of Australia in 1994 (GDA94), Australia has had a GPS continuously operating reference station (CORS) network for datum maintenance. The Australian Fiducial Network (AFN) now comprises eight geologically stable, geodetic quality GNSS CORS stations which also contribute to the Australian Regional Geodetic Network and the International GNSS Network. In...

the zagros fold-and-thrust belt is tectonically active and often has active faults with insensible and slow motions. determining the rate of movement and displacement in these faults requires very precise measurements. one of the measurement methods of fault movements is using geodetic and micro-geodetic studies. this research is focused on one of the active faults in the north of shiraz city, ...

In 1998 Land Information New Zealand introduced New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000) as its new national datum. It is defined as a semi-dynamic datum and incorporates a national deformation model to ensure that the accuracy of the datum is maintained. The deformation model allows observations made at an epoch other than the datum reference epoch of 2000.0 to be modeled so that coordinates...

The geodetic problem was introduced by Harary et al. [17]. In order to model some social network problems, a similar problem is introduced in this paper and named the strong geodetic problem. The problem is solved for complete Apollonian networks. It is also proved that in general the strong geodetic problem is NP-complete.

In our standard geodetic VLBI solutions, we estimate the positions of quasars assuming that their positions do not vary in time. However, in solutions estimating proper motion, a significant number of quasars show apparent proper motion greater than 50 μas/yr. For individual quasars, there are source structure effects that cause apparent proper motion. To examine how coherent the pattern of app...

The recent development of the International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Service Real-Time Pilot Project and the enormous progress in precise point positioning (PPP) techniques provide a promising opportunity for real-time determination of IntegratedWater Vapor (IWV) using GPS ground networks for various geodetic and meteorological applications. In this study, we develop a new real-time ...

Fine registration of point clouds plays an important role in data analysis in Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS). This work proposes a block-to-point fine registration approach to correct the errors of point clouds from TLS and of geodetic networks observed using total stations. Based on a reference coordinate system, the block-to-point estimation is performed to obtain representative points. The...

Geodesy is the science of measuring and mapping the geometry, orientation and gravity field of the Earth including the associated variations with time. Geodesy has also provided the foundation for high accuracy surveying and mapping. Modern Geodesy involves a range of space and terrestrial technologies that contribute to our knowledge of the solid earth, atmosphere and oceans. These technologie...