GGOS Bureau of Products and Standards: Description and Promotion of Geodetic Products

D. Angermann, T. Gruber, M. Gerstl, R. Heinkelmann, U. Hugentobler, L. Sánchez, P. Steigenberger, R. Gross, K. Heki, U. Marti, H. Schuh, M. Sehnal, M. Thomas

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Abstract

The Bureau of Products and Standards (BPS) is a key component of the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). It supports GGOS in its goal to provide consistent geodetic products needed to monitor, map, and understand changes in the Earth’s shape, rotation, and gravity field. In its present structure, the two Committees “Earth System Modeling” and “Essential Geodetic Variables” as well as the Working Group “Towards a consistent set of parameters for the definition of a new Geodetic Reference System (GRS)” are associated to the BPS. This paper presents the structure and role of the BPS and it highlights some of the recent activities. A major focus is on the classification and description of geodetic products and their representation at the renewed GGOS website (http://www.ggos.org ). This website serves as an “entrance door” to geodetic products to satisfy different user needs and communities (e.g., geodesists, geophysicists, other geosciences and further customers) in order to make geodesy more visible to other disciplines and to society.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGeodesy for a Sustainable Earth - Proceedings of the 2021 Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy
EditorsJeffrey T. Freymueller, Laura Sánchez
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages111-119
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783031295065
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventScientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, IAG 2021 - Beijing, China
Duration: 28 Jun 20212 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameInternational Association of Geodesy Symposia
Volume154
ISSN (Print)0939-9585
ISSN (Electronic)2197-9359

Conference

ConferenceScientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, IAG 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period28/06/212/07/21

Keywords

  • BPS inventory
  • Bureau of Products and Standards (BPS)
  • GGOS
  • GGOS website
  • Geodesy
  • Geodetic products
  • Standards and conventions

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