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WORKING GROUP ON GEODESY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
REPORT TO XXIV SCAR, CAMBRIDGE, AUGUST
1996
Representatives from fourteen SCAR countries and observers from three non-government organisations attended the Working Group on Geodesy and Geographic Information (WG-GGI) meeting at XXIV SCAR, 5-9 August 1996, in Cambridge UK:
Additional observers also attended from several countries. Apologies were received from Norway and South Africa. Working Group membership and attendance at the Cambridge meeting is listed at Attachment 1.
The WG-GGI continues to focus on the geodetic and geographic information needed to support Antarctic science, environmental monitoring and operations. The key activities during the meeting were:
Presentations and briefings were also given on a range of SCAR and other projects and programs. Recommendations were developed addressing place names, geodetic programs, and liaison with COMNAP.
Reports on the ten programs developed at the Rome meeting were presented.
The following liaison and project presentations were given to the WG-GGI:
The Working Group adopted a simplified and more focussed program structure for 1996-98, with three major programs. The objective is for this program structure to endure, while the projects undertaken within each program will evolve. The three programs and currently identified projects are listed in the following table:
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Geodesy (GIANT) |
Standards & Directories |
Geographic Data |
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- permanent observatories - epoch campaigns - geoid mapping - geodynamics |
- map and data standards - metadata standards - geodetic standards - SPA specifications - station map specifications - toponymic guidelines - geographic data directory - GIS project register |
- composite gazetteer - topo database (ADD) - digital elevation model - station maps - SPA maps - GCP library - data integration |
Major activities planned for the 1996-98 period are summarised below:
Geodetic Infrastructure for Antarctica (GIANT)
GGI Standards and Directories
The Working Group agreed to recommend that SCAR, COMNAP and the Treaty adopt a number of principles regarding place naming practices, and to defer further action on the toponymic guidelines pending a response to those recommendations.
Further consultation is required with COMNAP on the proposed stations atlas, as COMNAP is currently considering a request from the Treaty to produce a stations handbook. The GIS Projects Register is now operational, and all countries are encouraged to utilise the system as a means of avoiding duplication.
Geographic Data
The development and publication of station and SPA maps, in Atlas or WWW form, will be considered after consultation with COMNAP and GOSEAC respectively.
Coordinators were appointed for the three WG-GGI programs:
Drew Clarke (Australia) was re-elected Chairman. The position of Deputy Chair was discontinued, as the program coordinators will support the Chairman in the coordination of projects, organisation of workshops and symposia between SCAR meetings, and chairing of sessions at the SCAR meetings. The WG-GGI home page (www.geoscience.scar.org) will continue to provide a key means of disseminating information on WG activities, contacts and meetings.
The Working Group proposes the following meetings in 1996-98:
The WG-GGI Standing resolutions were reviewed and revised. The new resolutions are listed in Attachment 2.
Formal recommendations to SCAR were developed addressing place names, geodetic programs, and liaison with COMNAP. The recommendations are listed in Attachment 3.
Drew Clarke
Chairman
11 August 1996
SCAR Working Group on
Geodesy and Geographic Information
Membership as at August 1996
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ARGENTINA Ing. Frederico Mayer Servicio de Hidrografia Naval Avenida Montes de Oca 2124 1271 BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA |
Phone: +54 1 303 0061/8 Fax: +54 1 301 3883 email: |
| AUSTRALIA Mr A. (Drew) Clarke AGAL GPO Box 1844 CANBERRA ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA |
Phone: +61 6 275 3450 Fax: +61 6 275 3565 email: drew.clarke@agal.gov.au |
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BELGIUM 2>Prof H Declier Vrije Universiteit Brussel Geografisch Instituut Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 BRUSSEL BELGIUM |
Phone: +32 2 641 3383 Fax: +32 2 641 2282 email: |
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BRAZIL Mr Herbert Erwes Ministerio de Gencia e Tecnologia Esplanada dos Ministerios 70.067-900 BRASILIA BRASIL |
Phone: +55 61 377 7981/82/83 Fax: +55 61 377 7882 email: conapa@met.gov.br |
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CHILE Prof.Eng Victor Villanueva-Lopez Comite Nacional de Investigaciones Antarcticas Luis Thayer Ojeda 814 Providencia, SANTIAGO CHILE |
Phone: +56 2 231 2717 Fax: +56 2 232 0440 email: inach@reuna.cl |
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CHINA Prof E. Dongchen Chinese Antarctic Centre of Surveying & Mapping Wuhan Technical University of S&M 39 Luoyu Road WUHAN 430070 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA |
Phone: +86 27 787 0227 Fax: +86 27 788 5134 / 7870227 email: Dongchen@wtusm.whnet.edu.cn |
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ECUADOR Capitan Moreano Andrade Director of Oceanographic Base Naval Sur Avda 25 de Julio via Puerto Maritimo GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR |
Phone: +593 4 431816 or 436487 Fax: email: |
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FINLAND Mr M. Ollikainen Finnish Geodetic Institute Ilmalankatu 1 A SF-00240 HELSINKI FINLAND |
Phone: +358-0-410433 Fax: +358-0-414946 email: |
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FRANCE M. le Pape Institut Geographique National Service de Géodésie et Nivellement 2 Avenue Pasteur 94160 Saint Mande PARIS FRANCE |
Phone: +33 1 43 98 83 25 Fax: +33 1 43 98 84 50 email: |
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GERMANY Dr-Ing Jorn Sievers Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie Richard-Strauss-Allee 11 D-60598 FRANKFURT am Main GERMANY |
Phone: +49 69 6333 313 Fax: +49 69 6333 441 email: sievers@ifag.de |
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INDIA Dr S. Z. Qasim Member, Planning Commission Yojana Bhavan NEW DELHI - 110 001 INDIA |
Phone: +91 011 371 1953 Fax: email: |
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ITALY Dr Roberto Cervellati Antarctic Project ENEA CRE - Casaccia Post Office Box 2400 00100 ROME AD ITALY |
Phone: +39 6 3048 4816 Fax: +39 6 3048 4893 email: ANTAR@CASACCIA.ENEA.IT |
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JAPAN Prof Yoshio Yoshida Department of Geography Rissho University 4-2-16, Osaki, Shinagawa-ku TOKYO 141 JAPAN |
Phone: +81 3 5487 3269 Fax: +81 429 42 1814 (home) email: |
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KOREA Dr Yeadong Kim Polar Research Laboratory Ocean Research & Development Institute An San PO Box 29 SEOUL 425-600 KOREA |
Phone: +82 2 863 4770 (Ext 375) Fax: +82 0345 826 698 email: |
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NEW ZEALAND Mr Tony Bevin Land Information New Zealand Private Box 5501 WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND |
Phone: +64 4 460 0100 Fax: +64 4 472 2244 email: |
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NORWAY Mr Trond Eiken Norsk Polarinstitutt P O Box 5072 MAJORSTUA N-0301 OSLO NORWAY |
Phone: +47 22 959 530 Fax: +47 22 959 501 email: eiken@npolar.no |
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POLAND Dr Jan Cisak Instytut Geodezji i Kartografii ul Jasna 2/4 00-950 WARSZAWA POLAND |
Phone: +48 22 270 328 Fax: +48 22 270 328 email: astro@igik.edu.pl |
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RUSSIA Ing Alexandre Soudakov Federal Service of Geodesy & Cartography of Russia 2 Korpus 14 ul Krzhizhanovskogo RUSSIA |
Phone: +7 095 124 3811 Fax: +7 095 124 3535 email: |
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SOUTH AFRICA Mr Richard Wonnacott Chief Directorate: Surveys and Land Information Dept of Regional & Land Affairs Private Bag MOWBRAY 7705 SOUTH AFRICA |
Phone: +27 21 685 4070 Fax: +27 21 689 1351 email: |
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SWEDEN Prof Lars Sjöberg Royal Institute of Technology Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry S 10044 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN |
Phone: +46 8 790 7330 Fax: +46 8 790 7343 email: sjoberg@l.kth.se |
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UNITED KINGDOM Mrs Janet Thomson British Antarctic Survey High Cross Madingley Road CAMBRIDGE CB3 OET UNITED KINGDOM |
Phone: +44 1223 251424 Fax: +44 1223 362616 email: j.thomson@bas.ac.uk |
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UNITED STATES Mr Jerry Mullins National Mapping Division US Geological Survey 559 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive RESTON, Va, 20192 USA |
Phone: +1 703 648 5144 Fax: +1 703 648 4165 email: jmullins@usgs.gov |
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URUGUAY Maj Walter Subisa Servicio Geographico Military 8 de octubre 2958 MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY |
Phone: +598 2 478 341/5 Fax: +598 2 476 004 email: |
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Additional Members |
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International Federation of Surveyors Mr Larry Hothem US Geological Survey National Mapping Division 521 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive RESTON, Va, 20192 USA |
Phone: +1 703 648 4663 Fax: +1 703 648 4165 email: lhothem@usgs.gov |
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International Association for Geodesy Mr John Manning AUSLIG PO Box 2 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 AUSTRALIA |
Phone: +61 6 2014259 Fax: +61 6 201 4366 email: JohnMannin@auslig.gov.au |
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International Hydrographic Organisation Admiral Giuseppe Angrisano 2> International Hydrographic Bureau B.P. 445 - MC 98011 MONACO CEDFEX Principality of MONACO |
Phone: +377 93 50 65 87 Fax: +377 93 25 20 03 email: |
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Other Participants at Cambridge Meeting
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Captain Francisco Cachaza Armada Argentina Argentina |
Phone: +54 1 317 2032/2015 Fax: +54 1 311 3888 email: |
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Dr Reinhard Dietrich Technische Universitat, Dresden Germany |
Phone: +49 351 463 4652 Fax: +49 351 463 7063 email: dietrich@ipg.geo.tu-dresden.de |
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Dr Johannes Ihde IFAG Germany |
Phone: +49 341 563 4424 Fax: +49 341 563 4415 email: ihde@leipzig.ifag.de |
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Dr Hans Schenke AWI Germany |
Phone: +49 471 4831 222 Fax: +49 471 4831 149 email: Schenke@AWI-Bremerhaven.de |
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Mr Chris Walpole UK Hydrographic Office IHO |
Phone: +44 1823 337900 Fax: +44 1823 284077 email: walpole@hydro.gov.uk |
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Mrs Chara Ramorino ENEA Italy |
Phone: + Fax: +39 6 3048 4893 email: |
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Mr Vladimir Berk Federal Service of Geodesy & Cartography Russia |
Phone: +7 095 456 95 38 Fax: +7 095 456 95 38 email: |
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Mr Paul Cooper BAS UK |
Phone: +44 1223 251400 Fax: +44 1223 362616 email: paul.cooper@bas.ac.uk |
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Mr Roy Mullen USGS USA |
Phone: +1 703 648 5745 Fax: +1 703 648 4165 email: |
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For Place Names Discussion Only |
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Dr John Heap SPRI UK |
Phone: +44 1223 362540 Fax: +44 1223 336549 email: |
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Mr Roger Payne USGS USA |
Phone: +1 703 648 4544 Fax: +1 703 648 5542 email: RPAYNE@USGS.GOV |
STANDING RESOLUTIONS
of the
WORKING GROUP ON GEODESY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Cambridge, UK, August 1996
RECOMMENDATIONS TO XXIV SCAR
WORKING GROUP ON GEODESY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
The Working Group proposes to hold its next full meeting at XXV SCAR in Chile, and a number of workshops and symposia during 1997. Details are listed in part 5 of the report.
The following three recommendations request SCAR to take action external to SCAR:
1. Place Names
Noting that the SCAR Composite Gazetteer currently contains names data from sixteen SCAR member countries, comprising around 37,000 entries for 16,000 features (including over 1000 features with two or more entirely different names);
Considering that, in the interests of both scientific clarity and operational safety, the general principle of ‘one name per feature’ should apply in the Antarctic as in other parts of the world;
The Working Group recommends that SCAR adopt the following principles, and in turn propose their adoption by COMNAP and the Treaty:
The Working Group further recommends that SCAR, COMNAP and the Treaty formally request the Working Group to develop comprehensive ‘Antarctic Toponymic Guidelines’, in close cooperation with national and international naming authorities, based on the above principles.
2. Geodetic Programs
2.1 Gravity
Noting that the lack of gravity information in Antarctica is a limiting factor in the development of a homogenous global geopotential model;
Considering the Antarctic scientific requirements for a more precise geoid with an accuracy of better than one metre for earth science, glaciology, and global change studies;
The Working Group recommends that SCAR supports the acquisition of gravity field information from satellite missions, airborne survey and ground observations, including the proposed long-range radar-sounding P3 aircraft project with the inclusion of airborne gravimetry.
2.2 Permanent Geodetic Observatories
Noting the initial success of the GIANT program in establishing permanent geodetic observatories in Antarctica, of the related GPS epoch campaigns in providing contributions to the IERS Terrestrial Reference Frame, and GIANT’s significant contribution to global and regional geodynamics research;
Recognising the benefits in generating a homogenous geodetic framework for all spatially related scientific data and information for Antarctic scientists;
The Working Group Recommends that SCAR supports the strengthening of the initial network of permanent geodetic observatories for geodetic applications and geodynamics research,
and further recommends that SCAR encourage COMNAP to support long term geodetic observations for global and regional applications, especially in relation to VLBI, GPS, and tide gauge networks for geodynamics and climate change research.
3. COMNAP Liaison
Noting that many WG-GGI activities directly support Antarctic operations through provision of mapping and navigation products and services;
Recognising that there is potential for duplication of activities between the WG-GGI, COMNAP and the national operators;
The Working Group recommends that SCAR seek to improve liaison between the WG-GGI and COMNAP, by means such as COMNAP nominating an observer to the Working Group, and for the Working Group to provide a written report and make a presentation to COMNAP/SCALOP meetings.