Terms of Reference (ToR)

• The complete Terms of Reference (ToR) for EUREF have been adopted at the EUREF 2008 Symposium, in Brussels.

• The following ToR are published in the Geodesist’s Handbook, together with all the structure of Commission 1. The personnel contacts can be found here .

Terms of Reference (as published in the Geodesist's Handbook 2004)

EUREF, the IAG Reference Frame Subcommission for Europe, deals with the definition, realization and maintenance of the European Reference Frame, focusing on both the spatial and the vertical components, in close cooperation with the pertinent IAG components (Services, Commissions, and Inter-commision projects) and EuroGeographics, the consortium of the National Mapping Agencies (NMA) in Europe.

Structure

- The SC EUREF is composed by representatives from European IAG member countries.
- The TWG (Technical Working Group) is composed by members elected by the plenary, members in charge of special projects and ex-officio members.

Planned Activities

• Continue to develop the EUREF Permanent Network (EPN) in close cooperation with IGS, for the maintenance of the European Reference Frame, as a contribution to the ITRF and as infrastructure to support other relevant projects, namely the European initiatives related with GALILEO
• Extend the Unified European Levelling Network (UELN) and prepare it to be computed under a geokinematic approach
• Implement the project European Combined Geodetic Network (ECGN) and investigate the discrepancies already identified in the combination of the EUVN (European United Vertical Network) results and the gravimetric geoid (project EUVN_DA), in close cooperation with IAG Commission 2
• Establish a dense velocity field model in Europe for the long-term maintenance of the European reference frame
• Consider the contribution to the IAG Project IGGOS (Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System) using the installed infra-structures managed by the EUREF members
• Promote the adoption of the reference systems defined by EUREF (ETRS89-European Terrestrial Reference System and EVRS2000-European Vertical Reference System) in the European countries and European-wide organizations involved in geo-referencing activities
• Organize annual symposia addressing activities carried out at national and European-wide level related with the global work and objectives of EUREF

Contacts

 

• Technical Working Group (TWG)

Chair: Dr. CARINE BRUYNINX
Royal Observatory of Belgium

Av. Circulaire 3

• EUREF Permanent Network

Coordinator: Dr. Carine Bruyninx

Royal Observatory of Belgium
Av. Circulaire 3
B - 1180 Bruxelles
Fax: +32 - 2 - 3 74 98 22
Tel.: +32 - 2 - 3 73 02 11
FTP jupiter.oma.be
E-mail: c.bruyninx@.oma.be

The structure is also composed by
• Data Flow Coordinator
• Analysis Coordinator
• Chairs of Special Projects