Monday, December 26th, 2011
The Earth wobbles. Like a spinning top touched in mid-spin, its rotational axis fluctuates in relation to space. This is partly caused by gravitation from the sun and the moon. At the same time, the Earth's rotational...
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Representatives of Azerbaijan`s State Committee of Land and Cartography participated in the 32nd session of the CIS Council on Geodesy, Cartography, Cadastre and Earth Remote Sensing in Sochi, Russia. The session saw debates on establishment of relations with...
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Second Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili chaired the meeting of National Statistic Committee. According to the head of the Central Statistic Department, the commission on verifying villages consist of representatives from ministries of rehabilitation and rural development, departments...
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Professor Chris Rizos, head of the University of NSW School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems (SSIS) in Sydney, Australia, was today named the new President of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). The IAG advances the use...
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
A delegation of the General Cartography Department of Turkey will visit Baku in July, according to Azerbaijani State Land and Cartography Committee report. "In connection with measures implied by an agreement on educational, scientific and technical cooperation in...
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
LINZ is responsible for determining and maintaining the accurate and complete measurements and location of New Zealand's physical features. We ensure the methods used for measuring, storing and converting this geodetic information are sound and compatible with...
Monday, April 11th, 2011
GGOS is the Observing System of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). GGOS works with the IAG components to provide the geodetic infrastructure necessary for monitoring the Earth system and for global change research. The GGOS Portal will...