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XXVIII SCAR Delegates Agenda 4.3 Paper 14
4. Meetings
ties between core GSSG activities (particularly those in the geographic information
area) could be utilised by COMNAP and what other services or data GSSG could
provide to logistics managers. There has been good contact between GSSG and the
International Hydrographic Commission (IHO) – particularly in the lead up to the
International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) meeting being held
in Bremen.
Likewise between SCAR and the ISO TC211 <strong>group</strong> there has been good liaison. Paul
Cooper, SCAR representative to ISO TC211 has participated in a number of meetings
(assisted by presentations by Steffen Vogt, Germany) and provided regular updates on
SCAR standards activities to TC211.
At a higher level, the Chairman understands there have been many discussions
between the newly appointed SCAR Executive Director and the International
Oceanographic Committee in relation to establishing a SCAR/SCOR/IOC
Coordinating Group on Inter-disciplinary Southern Ocean Science (ISOS). This <strong>group</strong>
will facilitate coordination between the different discipline research <strong>group</strong>s currently
active in the Southern Ocean. There has been good contact between the COG Chair
and the SCAR Executive Director and Executive Secretary during this reporting
period – with 2 visits to the SCAR office in Cambridge. There has been less
interaction with the other SCAR SSG’s, ISCGM, IAG, IUGG, Digital Earth, the
CEP/ATCM and the GSDI <strong>group</strong>. It is hoped that with the new appointments being
made of the ATCM Executive Secretary and Chair of CEP there can be some closer
ties made between GSSG and CEP/ATCM –particularly in relation to the provision of
geographic information that the CEP/ATCM may require for its activities.
Activities:
1. The following inter-sessional meetings have taken place:
• SALE meeting, California, USA, 2–3 October 2002
• Antarctic Geodesy Symposium 2002 (AGS’02), Wellington, New Zealand, 25–27
November 2002
• SALE meeting, California, USA, 4–5 April 2003
• ANTEC sponsored symposium at EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France
6–11 April 2003
• 2 nd International Antarctic GIS Workshop, Freiburg, Germany, 7–10 April 2003
• Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Meeting, Freiburg, Germany, 9 April 2003
• GSSG, ANTEC and 9 th ISAES meeting, Potsdam, Germany, 6–13 September
2003
• Antarctic Geodesy Symposium 2003 (AGS’03), Lviv, Ukraine, 17–19 September
2003
• Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica, 14–17 October 2003
• SALE meeting, Bristol, UK, 14–15 October 2003
• ANTEC meeting, EGU meeting, Nice, France 25–30 April 2004
•-3 rd International Antarctic GIS Workshop, Wuhan, China, 27–29 May 2004
There has been an active inter-sessional period for GSSG members with 12 SCARendorsed
or SCAR-sponsored meetings taking place around the globe. There have
been many other specialist Antarctic sessions at international geoscience conferences,
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