Before GGHS were GG .... (1996 to 2008)

GGHS is the continuation of IAG symposium series as follows;

2008: Chania GG& Earth Observation
2004 : Porto GG& Space Missions
2000: Banff: GG& Geodynamics
1996: Tokyo: GG& Marine Geodesy

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1st GGHS 2012 - Venice

Besides IGFS there is another international symposium organized by IAG - GGHS. GGHS stands for Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems is the activity of Commision 2 of IAG. The first GGHS was held on Oct 9 -12, 2012 in Venice. It was hosted by Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS). The proceedings of the 1st GGHS was published by Springer as IAG Symposia Vol 141.

IAG 141

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Gravity and Geoid - 3rd IGGC (Thessaloniki)

The 3rd IGGC was held in Thessaloniki Greece in 2002. It was hosted by Geodesy Dept of Thessaloniki University. The organizing committee was led by Professor Tziavos. This was the last meeting under the name of IGGC. Starting 2006 the event was re-named as IGFS with its first symposium at Istanbul.

The proceeding of the 3rd IGGC was available online before but now it is no longer available.

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Gravity and Geoid - 2nd IGGC (Trieste)

The 2nd IGGC was held in Trieste in 1998. Papers presented at this symposium were published in joutnal Bolletino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata (BGTA) Vol 40 No 3-4, Issue Sept-Dec 1999.
The paper "Difference between geoid undulation and quasigeoid height in Hungary" by Josef Adam of BUTE is still available (source).

All other papers from 2nd IGGC are available online at BGTA website - source.

Bolletino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

(Vol 4, Sep-Dec 1999)

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Gravity and Geoid - 1st IGGC (Graz)

The 1st symposium of IGGG was held in Graz in 1994. It was hosted by Geodesy Dept TU Graz led by Professor Hans Sunkel and his team. The proceedings was published by Springer as IAG Symposia Vol 113.

One of the papers "Europian gravimetric geoid: satus report 1994" by Denker, Behrend & Torge is still available online (source).

IAG 113

Unfortnately this publication is not available at PSZ.

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Before IGFS it was IGGC

International Gravity Field Service (IGFS) event is held once in four years. The 1st in 2006 and followed subsequently in 2010 and 2014. The next up-coming one should be in 2018. Prior to IGFS the similar meeting was known as IGGC meeting organized by International Gravity and Geoid Commission (IGGC). There were three IGGC symposiums - the 1st in Graz (1994), the 2nd in Trieste Italy (1998) and the 3rd in Thessaloniki (2002).

The proceedings of the 1st was published by Springer. The 2nd published as journal and the 3rd was published by University of Thessaloniki.

Among the papers available from Trieste meeting is "study of the gravity field spectrum in Canada in view of cm-geoid determination" by Kotsakis & Sideris (source).

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3rd IGFS 2014 - Shanghai

The 3rd IGFS was held in Shanghai China on 30th June to July 6, 2014. The event was held at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory hosted by Chinese Academy of Science. More than 120 papers were submitted to the symposium. The Scientific Committee were chaired by Riccardo Barzhargi of Italy.

The 3rd IGFS website can be accessed here. The program and presentation list can be download here.

The proceedings is to be published by Springer.

3rd IGFS General Assembly Shanghai Poster

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