New open source geodesy resources

For those with an interest in some in-depth study, some new resources are available. Those listed below and more are linked from the IAG site at: http://www.iag-aig.org/index.php?tpl=text&id_c=79&id_t=685

Of special interest to me are:

Professor Jekeli's Geometric Reference Systems in Geodesy (2016 edition) is available for free download under the Creative Commons at: http://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/77986?show=full

Journal article "ITRF2014: A new release of the ITRF modeling nonlinear station motions by Altamimi, et al is available via Open Access at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016JB013098/epdf

Also of note is this copied from the site:

Milestone for global geodesy

by Anne JÌürgensen

posted by
http://www.iag-aig.org/index.php?tpl=mail&id_c=2&user=rozsa&apos ;">Sz. RÌ?zsa
The UN calls for enhanced cooperation on global geodesy. At the UN-GGIM sixth session in New York in August, the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management endorsed the GGRF Roadmap and decided to establish a permanent Sub-Committee on Geodesy.

"This is a significant milestone for global geodesy. It sends a very clear message to member states, and other global geodetic entities, that the focus on enhancement of geodetic reference frames should be a long term strategic priority for governments," says Gary Johnston, co-chair of the UN-GGIM Working Group on the Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF).

The suggestion to elevate the Working Group's mandate through the establishment of a UN-GGIM Sub-Committee on Geodesy was put forward by New Zealand at the UN-GGIM sixth session. The proposal was supported by the Member States.

The UN-GGIM Working Group on the GGRF consists today of 32 Member States and two organisations; the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Association of Geodesy (IAG).

Enjoy,

DMM