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GGOS Coordinating Office
The
GGOS
Coordinating Office serves as the Secretariat of
GGOS
, coordinates the administrative work in support of the various
GGOS
structural elements, and is responsible for outreach and communications. The
GGOS
Coordinating Office ensures information flow, maintains documentation of the
GGOS
activities, and manages specific assistance functions that enhance the administrative coordination across all areas of
GGOS
, including inter‐services coordination and support for meeting and workshops. The
GGOS
Coordinating Office, in its long‐term coordination role, ensures that the
GGOS
components contribute to
GGOS
in a consistent and continuous manner. The
GGOS
Coordination Office also maintains, manages, and coordinates the
GGOS
web and social media presence.
Director:
Martin Sehnal
BEV
, Austria)
Manager of External Relations: [vacant]
GGOS
Web and Social Media Manager:
Helmut Klima
BEV
, Austria)
Assistant:
Lucas Triebenbacher
BEV
, Austria)
Martin Sehnal
Director of
GGOS
Coordinating Office
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Objectives
GGOS
internal tasks:
Supporting the
GGOS
President, Executive Committee, Governing Board and Science Panel
Ensures the coordination of
GGOS
components (Bureaus and Focus Areas) activities
Ensures information flow
Maintain documentation of the
GGOS
activities
GGOS
external tasks:
Managing and maintaining of the
GGOS
web and social media presence
Organization and support of meetings, conferences and workshops
Enhance inter‐services coordination
Managing of external relations
Recent Activities
Recorded presentations about recent developments and future plans in the
GGOS
Coordinating Office (from
GGOS
Days 2024):
GGOS Portal
Unique Metadata Platform for Geodetic Data and Products
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Manager of External Relations
The position of Manager of External Relations resides within the
GGOS
Coordinating Office. The Manager of External Relations coordinates, in consultation with the
GGOS
President,
GGOS
engagement with external organizations such as the Group on Earth Observations (
GEO
), the Committee on
Earth Observation
Satellites (
CEOS
), the International Science Council (
ISC
World Data System
WDS
), the Federation of Surveyors (
FIG
), the
UN
Global Geospatial Information Management (
UN-GGIM
) Subcommittee on
Geodesy
(SCoG), and the
UN
Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence (
UN-GGCE
). The
GGOS
Governing Board elects the Manager of External Relations by vote.
(vacant)
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Committee on DOIs for Geodetic Data Sets
The Coordinating Office also works to identify opportunities for improved coordination and advocacy within the geodetic community, establishing the Working Group on “
Digital Object Identifiers
DOIs
) for Geodetic Data Sets” in 2019, which was transformed to a
GGOS
Committee in 2023. This
GGOS
Committee consists of more than 20 members affiliated with
IAG Services
, working to establish usage parameters and advocate for the consistent implementation of
DOIs
across all
IAG Services
and in the greater geodetic community.
Kirsten Elger
Chair of Committee on
DOIs
for Geodetic Data Sets
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Headquarter
of Coordinating Office
The
GGOS
Coordinating Office is based at
BEV
(Austrian
Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying
) in Vienna/Austria since 2016.
Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying
BEV
Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen
Schiffamtsgasse 1-3
1020 Vienna, Austria
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