Message-Id: Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 11:28:07 +0200 From: "Richard Wonnacott" To: Subject: [AFREF-4] Author: Richard Wonnacott Sender: owner-afref Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** AFREF Mail 09 Mar 08:59:58 PST 2001 Message Number 4 ****************************************************************************** Author: R T Wonnacott Please note that a meeting to gauge the level of interest in the AFREF project, primarily amoung Southern African contries, is to be held in Cape Town on the 13th of March 2001. A provisional agenda for the meeting follows. Richard Wonnacott AFREF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST MEETING 16h00 13 MARCH 2001 KRAMER BUILDING, UNIVERSITY of CAPE TOWN CAPE TOWN AGENDA 1. Opening and Welcome 2. Background R Wonnacott 3. Expression of support 3.1 International Association of Geodesy (IAG) R Neilan 3.2 International GPS Service (IGS) R Neilan 4. Similar International Projects 4.1 Africa Doppler Survey (ADOS) M Kumar 4.2 South American Reference Frame (SIRGAS) M Kumar 4.3 European Reference Frame (EUREF) G Weber 4.4 Asia and the Pacific Regional Geodetic Project R Neilan 5. AFREF 5.1 Benefits R Wonnacott Open discussion 5.2 Possible Role players 5.2.1 African National Surveying and Mapping Agencies R Wonnacott 5.2.2 Committee on Development Infrastructure (CODI) R Neilan 5.2.3 Africa Spatial Data Infrastructure (Africa SDI) R Wonnacott 5.2.4 Hartebeesthoek Radio Astro Observatory L Combrinck 5.2.5 IAG R Neilan 5.2.6 IGS R Neilan 5.2.7 International agencies G Weber / M Kumar 5.2.8 Others 5.3. Proposed project plan R Wonnacott Open discussion 6. Future meetings R Wonnacott 7. Summary and closing R Wonnacott R T Wonnacott Director : Survey Services Chief Directorate : Surveys and Mapping Private Bag X10 Mowbray 7705 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 21 685 4070 Fax: +27 21 689 1351