Geodesy in the Year 2000

Geodesy has undergone technological and theoretical changes of immense proportions since the launching of Sputnik. The accuracy of current satellite geodetic data has approached the centimeter level and will improve by one or two orders of magnitude over the next decade. This bodes well for the application of geodetic data to the solution of problems in solid earth, oceanic and atmospheric sciences. The report Geodesy in the Year 2000 addresses many areas of investigation that will benefit from this improvement in accuracy.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Overview and Recommendations
• Contributed Papers
• Geodesy in the Year 2000: An Historical Perspective
• Implications of Precise Positioning
• If Only We Had Better Gravity Data...
• Common Interests in Geodetic and Oceanographic Research
• Lasers for Geodesy in the Year 2000
• Seafloor Geodesy by the Year 2000
• The Accuracy of Position Determinations by VLBI Expected by the Year 2000
• GPS-Based Geodesy Tracking: Technology Prospects for the Year 2000