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In this article we first analyze the performance of international institutions playing a major role in Space Geodesy, where we will primarily focus on those contained in it Section II of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). The time period considered is that of the years 1995 to 1999, between the XXIst and the XXIInd General Assemblies of the International Association of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
Based on this analysis we will come up with some recommendations concerning the future of organizations in Space Geodesy. These recommendations are meant to improve the structure of the mentioned organizations and strengthen the collaboration between different branches with the goal to eliminate weaknesses of individual Space Techniques. Also they should give an indication where, according to the authors’ opinion the emphasis in research should lie in the near future.
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Beutler, G., Drewes, H., Reigber, C., Rummel, R. (2000). Space Techniques and their Coordination within IAG at Present and in Future. In: Rummel, R., Drewes, H., Bosch, W., Hornik, H. (eds) Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS). International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 120. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59745-9_5
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