2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
[SGD01-04] Enhancement of Geodetic Collaboration in Japan, GGOS Japan - Gateway to Global Geodetic Community -
Keywords:Global Geodetic Observing System, GGOS, GGOS Japan, Space Geodetic Techniques
The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) is a collaborative contribution of the global Geodesy community to the observation and monitoring of the Earth System. In order to serve as the primary place of advocacy and enhancement of geodetic observations and products which are the key enablers for geodesy to deliver its values to science and society, GGOS has been closely working with stakeholders within and outside of geodesy. One of the roles of GGOS is to facilitate collaboration among those stakeholders. GGOS Affiliate is a component of GGOS to enhance the collaboration and communication within stakeholders in a country or region, and GGOS Japan is the first GGOS Affiliate which was established in 2013 as “GGOS Working Group” in order to facilitate geodetic collaboration in Japan. This presentation covers the over 10-year history of GGOS Japan.
As many as six Japanese national institutes have been operating large-size geodetic facilities with VLBI and/or SLR in Japan and also in Antarctica, and they had been involved in each geodetic service rather independently. In 2013, we initiated "GGOS Working Group" in Japan to enhance the communications among the Japanese institute and also to encourage collaboration beyond each technique.
GGOS Japan is basically a loose network, but it has a chair, a secretary, an outreach representative, working groups (currently active: Data DOI working group) and representatives of each geodetic technique (VLBI, SLR/LLR, GNSS, DORIS and gravimetry). We regularly host annual meetings and sometimes small meetings with focused issues. We have also involved in organizing or supporting scientific sessions in domestic and international conferences and hosted international meetings in Japan such as the 18th International Workshop on Laser Ranging in 2013 and the 13th IVS General Meeting in 2024.
During the 10 years history, it was positioned as a GGOS Affiliate in 2017 and we renamed it as "GGOS Japan" in 2019. Basara Miyahara was elected as the GGOS President in 2019 (until the end of term). GGOS Japan's webpages are being updated on the GGOS Website (https://ggos.org/), and we have contributed to geodesy outreach by creating a short video on a local tie campaign topic and also a Japanese voice-over version of "Discover GGOS and Geodesy" and “Terrestrial Reference Frames - Connecting the World through Geodesy” on GGOS YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@iag-ggos).
We often set focused activities. We are currently working on the review of ITRF2020 from an operating point of view, and we are also working on a possible best location for a future GGOS Cores site in Japan. DOIs for geodetic data set are also our focus and we invited the chair of GGOS DOIs committee, Kersten Elger to a workshop on this topic in NPRI on March 2024 in order to discuss sustainable ways how to assign DOIs to geodetic data in Japan.
In our annual meeting in 2023, we conducted questionnaires on achievements provided by GGOS Japan to the community. Main findings are follows: 1) Enhancement of mutual understanding/communication in Japanese community, 2) Positive impact on their own institutes and parent organizations, 3) Involvement of younger scientists, 4) Japanese-language communications on the worldwide issue, and 5) Gateway to the worldwide geodetic community/news.
We hope to extend these collaborations to wider scientific communities in Japan and further collaborate with international geodetic communities, in particular other GGOS Affiliates.
As many as six Japanese national institutes have been operating large-size geodetic facilities with VLBI and/or SLR in Japan and also in Antarctica, and they had been involved in each geodetic service rather independently. In 2013, we initiated "GGOS Working Group" in Japan to enhance the communications among the Japanese institute and also to encourage collaboration beyond each technique.
GGOS Japan is basically a loose network, but it has a chair, a secretary, an outreach representative, working groups (currently active: Data DOI working group) and representatives of each geodetic technique (VLBI, SLR/LLR, GNSS, DORIS and gravimetry). We regularly host annual meetings and sometimes small meetings with focused issues. We have also involved in organizing or supporting scientific sessions in domestic and international conferences and hosted international meetings in Japan such as the 18th International Workshop on Laser Ranging in 2013 and the 13th IVS General Meeting in 2024.
During the 10 years history, it was positioned as a GGOS Affiliate in 2017 and we renamed it as "GGOS Japan" in 2019. Basara Miyahara was elected as the GGOS President in 2019 (until the end of term). GGOS Japan's webpages are being updated on the GGOS Website (https://ggos.org/), and we have contributed to geodesy outreach by creating a short video on a local tie campaign topic and also a Japanese voice-over version of "Discover GGOS and Geodesy" and “Terrestrial Reference Frames - Connecting the World through Geodesy” on GGOS YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@iag-ggos).
We often set focused activities. We are currently working on the review of ITRF2020 from an operating point of view, and we are also working on a possible best location for a future GGOS Cores site in Japan. DOIs for geodetic data set are also our focus and we invited the chair of GGOS DOIs committee, Kersten Elger to a workshop on this topic in NPRI on March 2024 in order to discuss sustainable ways how to assign DOIs to geodetic data in Japan.
In our annual meeting in 2023, we conducted questionnaires on achievements provided by GGOS Japan to the community. Main findings are follows: 1) Enhancement of mutual understanding/communication in Japanese community, 2) Positive impact on their own institutes and parent organizations, 3) Involvement of younger scientists, 4) Japanese-language communications on the worldwide issue, and 5) Gateway to the worldwide geodetic community/news.
We hope to extend these collaborations to wider scientific communities in Japan and further collaborate with international geodetic communities, in particular other GGOS Affiliates.