Claude Boucher, CGPC [ link-1708-0014 ] Link to IGS : Brief – This document describes the Galileo Terrestrial Reference Frame (GTRF), use of Galileo for ITRF, organisational aspects, liabiliy of ITRF. This presented in IGS Workshop at Bern in 2004.
IERS Technical Note [ link-1708-0013 ] Link to IERS : Terrestrial Reference Systems and their realizations. A Terrestrial Reference System (TRS) is a spatial reference system co-rotating with the Earth in its diurnal motion in space. In such a system, positions of points attached to the solid surface of the Earth have coordinates which undergo… Read More »
Zuheir Altamimi, Xavier Collilieux, Laurent Métivier, Paul Rebischung, Daphné Lercier, IGN France [ link-1708-0012 ] Link to NASA : This document describes brief description of space geodesy techniques, ITRF construction, ITRF and science applications: Sea Level, Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA), Plate Motion; Limiting factors and challenges for the future: Network configuration, Technique systematic errors, Site… Read More »
FIG GUIDE [ link-1708-0011 ] Link to FIG : The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Commission 5 is responsible for assisting practising surveyors in FIG member associations to apply Positioning and Measurement technologies efficiently and effectively in their day-to-day survey activities. One of the most significant technologies to emerge in recent decades has been Global… Read More »