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<![endif]--><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Dear
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></tt>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">last week
we had our IGS Workshop in Olsztyn, Poland, which was a great
success. The
workshop format developed by the Scientific Organizing
Committee lead by
Shailen Desai, JPL, was excellent as it left plenty of room
for interaction and
discussions, and the scientific program found the appropriate
balance between
the different topics that form the foci of the IGS today. The
workshop took
place in the very nice facilities of the University of Warmia
and Mazury and in
a lovely region of Poland. The workshop was accompanied by a
wide social
program, including an ice breaker party, conference dinner,
city tour, sailing
regatta, visit in castle, planetarium, and observatory, all
week with excellent
weather. I really want to thank Andrzej Krankowski for
inviting us to his
university and for hosting our workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">As the
Chair of the IGS I want to express my thanks to Shailen Desai
and his team for
an excellent scientific organization of the workshop and the
very appropriate
workshop format and program they put together. And I want to
thank Andrzej
Kankowski and his team from the Local Organizing Committee for
the preparation
and local organization of the workshop, for facilitating our
bus travel to and
from Olsztyn, and for continuous support during the workshop.
You all can be
very proud of this excellent achievement!<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Short Workshop
Summary<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The IGS
Workshop 2012 took place at the University of Warmia and
Mazury in Olsztyn,
Poland, from 23-27 July. The mornings were devoted to plenary
sessions with
invited presentations focusing on well selected topics
covering the wide scope
of the IGS. Lunch time followed by poster sessions allowed
much time for
discussion and interaction between the participants while the
splinter sessions
in the second half of the afternoon allowed the working groups
to meet, discuss
their 'hot' topics and formulate their recommendations. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">After the
welcome by the deputy rector Prof. Figiel and the Mayor of
Olsztyn, Dr.
Grzymowicz, a review from an insider's view of the development
of the IGS from
its start of operations 20 years ago until today was given by
Gerhard Beutler,
Tim Springer provoked with the question whether the IGS is
sleeping. During the
conference we were able to confirm that the IGS is not
sleeping at all but is
full of life also 18 years after its formation and attacking
the challenges
posed by the rapidly changing GNSS landscape. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The first
scientific session showed the progress of the IGS Multi-GNSS
Experiment
(M-GEX), one of the key projects of the IGS. It was inspiring
to see the status
of the growing network and the number of presentations and
posters focusing on analysis
results incorporating the new data types. But it was also
evident, that much
work is still ahead (see GB Meeting Summary below). <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Mark Caissy
and Georg Weber presented the status of the IGS real-time
activities, the
performance of the real-time products and the technical
challenges of the IGS
key project that will lead to the launch of the IGS Real-Time
Service later
this year (see below) as a service supporting precise point
positioning at
global scales for scientific and hazard detection
applications. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Despite the
excellent quality of the IGS products different authors
presented bothersome
results related to not yet fully understood issues: Paul
Rebischung showed
'interesting' differences in station time series generated by
different
Analysis Centers; Jim Ray and Jake Griffiths demonstrated
noticeable rotational
instabilities in the IGS orbits; Chuck Meertens and Andria
Bilich forced us to
reflect what GNSS antennas really measure. Nacho Romero
reminded us that we
need to take care of our network which forms the basis for all
of our work.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Further
important topics covered were orbit modeling issues, the IGS
time scale with
improved long term stability, aspects of the next IGS
reprocessing campaign,
generation of ionosphere and troposphere products, and
application of IGS
products for weather forecast, generation of the next ITRF,
tectonic motion and
disaster monitoring, and many more. It is impressive always
again to see the
high quality of the IGS products, the efforts undertaken for
improving them,
and the wide field of their applications. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The
relevance of the IGS for the geodetic and wider community was
underlined by
representatives from IAG (Chris Rizos), GGOS (Markus
Rothacher), FIG (Larry
Hothem) and ICG (David Turner).<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Jointly
with the IGS Workshop the meeting of the WG-A "Compatibility
and Interoperability"
of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) took place which
was an
opportunity for intense interaction and exchange between IGS
and system
providers. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The
workshop terminated with the presentation of the
recommendations by the Working
Groups that define actions for the further development of the
IGS. The
recommendations will soon be available at the IGS web site. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The
workshop program can be found under
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.uwm.edu.pl/kaig/igs_workshop_2012/">http://www.uwm.edu.pl/kaig/igs_workshop_2012/</a>, and the
presentations and
posters as well as the recommendations will soon become
available at the IGS
web pages <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://igs.org">http://igs.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Governing
Board Meeting Summary<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">-------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The IGS
Governing Board Meeting took place on Sunday July 22 with a
wrap-up meeting after
the workshop on Friday July 27. Main issues discussed are the
following:<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">* Strategic Planning<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The update
of the IGS Strategic Plan is in preparation and the concept
was presented by
Juan Ceva (CB, by phone). The plan shall include a matrix
relating objectives
with initiatives. This should allow for a better monitoring
and reporting of
the progress achieved. The Strategic Plan period will be
reduced from five
years to four years in order to better synchronize with the
terms of the GB
chair. The plan shall be reviewed every two years. Next steps
are the issue of
a questionnaire to stakeholders. The feedback together with
the workshop
recommendations as well as a SWOT analysis shall form the
input for the new
Strategic Plan that shall be ready by the end of the year. Lot
of work is still
waiting, many thanks to the CB for the preparations already
done.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">* Site
Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The
Infrastructure Committee invested much effort in a thorough
revision of the IGS
Site Guidelines. The guidelines were available for public
review and comments
were received. Few comments related to real-time data transfer
issues remain to
be implemented in the next few weeks. The GB provisionally
approved the Site
Guidelines that will be published as soon as the remaining
edits are implemented.
<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">* Network
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The GB is
glad to assign Robert Khachikyan, CB staff member, full time
as Network
Coordinator. With this one of the very important functions in
the IGS is again
filled.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">* M-GEX<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The
Multi-GNSS Experiment is one of the key projects of the IGS.
The GB approved
the extension of the project until end of 2013 with the goal
of a transition to
a Pilot Project. The experiment is open, everybody who wants
to contribute is
invited to join. More information about goals and plans of
M-GEX will be issued
by a separate IGS Mail shortly. Robert Weber stepped down as
Chair of the GNSS
WG which coordinates M-GEX. The GB thanks Robert for his
engagement over many
years in the WG and GB and in particular for bringing M-GEX to
live. The GB is
very glad that Oliver Montenbruck from DLR/GSOC, Germany, is
ready to take over
this role and unanimously approved him as the new GNSS WG
Chair and member of
the GB. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">* IGS
Real-Time Service<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The
upcoming IGS Real-Time Service is our second key project.
Initial Operational
Capability of the Service will be available later this year,
providing
real-time GPS orbit and clock corrections. For details see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/augmentation-assistance/innovation-coming-soon-13044and">http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/augmentation-assistance/innovation-coming-soon-13044and</a><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://igs.org/pub/resource/pubs/IGS_why_in_RT.pdf">ftp://igs.org/pub/resource/pubs/IGS_why_in_RT.pdf</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">There are
still several tasks to be finalized before going public with
the service. The
GB nevertheless approved the launch of the Service with target
date November
2012 and with a monitoring of the progress of the preparations
through regular
EC telecons.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">* RINEX<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">The
IGS/RTCM RINEX WG presented a transition plan from RINEX 2.11
to RINEX 3.0x
over the next few years. While tracking data from GNSS capable
equipment shall
be solely available in RINEX 3 after a target date to be
specified, tracking
data from legacy receivers will continue to be available in
RINEX 2 for the
foreseeable future. The IGS GB affirms the transition to RINEX
3 and the
further elaboration of the transition plan. Detailed
information will be issued
to the user community by the RINEX WG.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">* Next
Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">After our
successful workshop in Olsztyn we are already looking forward
to our next
workshop taking place in ... curious? Wait for more
information.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">With this short
summary I want to thank all participants, the presenters,
session and working
group chairs, and the support by the IGS CB. I hope that you
all got again home
safely without major problems.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">With best
regards<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Urs
Hugentobler<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US">Chair, IGS
Governing Board<o:p></o:p></span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></p>
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