Geodesy

Guest post

So we produced this big pile of GIS data, what now?

Giuseppe Maio and Jedrzej Czarnota November 14, 2017

We all know that easy access to data speeds up doing research. In this post, we will discuss how open GIS data can stimulate innovative ways of doing research in the field of geodesy and geosciences, considering first the benefits and challenges of open data. Geodesy can benefit greatly from the open data movement and from open Geographic Information System (GIS) data. The reasons for this are two ...[Read More]

Should we, as session conveners, have an expiry date?

Roelof Rietbroek February 4, 2015

EGU General Assemby in Vienna. Photo J. Kusche

This is a guest post written by Jürgen Kusche, who has convened numerous sessions on various international conferences, and had the wonderful idea to use the geodesy division blog to initiate an open discussion on the topic session convening. For that reason, readers are encouraged to comment at the end of this post. Currently, Jürgen Kusche is professor at the Chair of Astronomical, Mathematical ...[Read More]