[IGSMAIL-7343] Call for Participation for a GNSS Performance Monitoring IGMA-IGS Joint Trial Project

[Urs Hugentobler]

Dear Colleagues,

IGS issues a Call for Participation for a GNSS Performance Monitoring 
IGMA-IGS Joint Trial Project as a joint activity of GNSS Providers and 
the IGS. The Trial Project is organized through the International GNSS 
Monitoring and Assessment Task Force of the United Nations Office of 
Outer Space Affairs, International Committee on GNSS (UNOOSA-ICG). The 
Project is aimed at creating an authoritative international GNSS 
monitoring and assessment system to benchmark the performance of 
available GNSSs.

Through this Call for Participation, the IGS is seeking participation 
from the International Community in the GNSS Performance Monitoring 
IGMA-IGS Joint Trial Project:
_http://kb.igs.org/hc/en-us/article_attachments/210918708/CfP_IGMA_for_IGS_160824.pdf
_A parallel call is issued by ICG seeking participation from GNSS 
providers in the Joint Trial Project. GNSS providers are engouraged to 
contribute GNSS tracking data from selected ground tracking stations as 
well as to participate in analysis of monitoring data.

Performance monitoring and assessment of system service parameters based 
on equal algorithms and procedures for all GNSS is one of the important 
tasks that will benefit the user community. Acknowleging the expertise 
in GNSS tracking and data analysis available within the IGS and the open 
availability of a unique global infrastructure contributes for 
generating world standard GNSS products, the Joint Trial Project aims at 
pooling resources and expertise, avoiding duplication, to develop an 
authoritative international GNSS monitoring system with results trusted 
by all parties and worldwide. The IGS Multi-GNSS network will serve as 
backpone for the performance monitoring activities. Contributed tracking 
data and generated monitoring products are publicly available according 
to IGS' open data and product policy.

The Call in particular seeks for groups from within the IGS but also for 
new groups joining the IGS interested in developing monitoring analysis 
capabilities as Monitoring Analysis Centers, but also for contributing 
Multi-GNSS observing sites, Data Centers hosting monitoring data and 
products, and Monitoring Analysis Coordination Centers. Parties wishing 
to participate within the Trial Project should complete the 
participation proposal form
https://connect.igs.org/cfp?formID=IGMA.

More detailed information concerning the Call for Participation as well 
as the parallel call issued by ICG can be found at the IGS home page at:
_http://kb.igs.org/hc/en-us/articles/226220548_


Hoping for a wide participation and with best regards
Urs Hugentobler


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Prof. Dr. Urs Hugentobler
Forschungseinrichtung Satellitengeodaesie
Institut fuer Astronomische und Physikalische Geodaesie
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Arcisstrasse 21
D-80333 Muenchen, Germany
Phone : ++49-89-289-23191
Fax   : ++49-89-289-23178
urs.hugentobler at bv.tu-muenchen.de
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