Message-ID: <001d01c0aac5$1753a1d0$dc46c2c1@unika> From: "Muftah Unis" To: "Richard Wonnacott" , , "Ludwig Combrinck" Cc: "Khier Bouchibi" References: Subject: [AFREF-5] Re: [AFREF-4] Author: Richard Wonnacott Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:21:25 +0100 Sender: owner-afref Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** AFREF Mail 12 Mar 08:48:04 PST 2001 Message Number 5 ****************************************************************************** Author: M. Muftah UNIS Dear Mr Ludwig Combrinck Dear Mr RT Wonnacott I have just received Mr RT Wonnacott' s email on AFREF project, primarily among Southern African countries to be held in Cape Town on the 13th of March 2001I q; very happy that the Southern African Region has taken some action in this matter, but i am very sorry not being able to prepare my self for participation. I was not able to react to your previous mails because I was very busy preparing and organising The 10 th session of our Administration Council that just took place in Tunis last Week You know that AOCRS, the African Organization of Cartography and Remote Sensing representing the African Countries, is actively sustaining efforts aiming at the development of a common continental geodetic infrastructure for Africa, the organization actively brought its contribution to the realization of ADOS project. She also sustained efforts of the AIG on the Integrated Geodetic Network for Africa (1989-1996). With the same constancy AOCRS encourages and also sustains actions aiming the unification of geodetic networks on a regional level, these networks constitutes for us the foundations of the future unified geodetic network for the continent. Currently, AOCRS is coordinating the preparation of the second Workshop on the Unified geodetic Network for North Africa that will be held in Algiers May 2001. The first Workshop was organized in Tunis May 2000. The third one will be held in Morocco late 2001 or early 2002. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania and Egypt as well as representatives of European or international scientific institutions, EUREF BGI and IGN participated in the first Workshop. As previous Important commitments prevents me from participating in this very Important meeting to be held in CAPE TOWN (South Africa) , i would like to express our real interest and our commitment to AFREF Project and our consideration for efforts provided by participants to make this importing project advancing . We kindly ask you Mr Ludwig Combrinck to represent AOCRS during this meeting and hope to receive all the presented papers and communications of this meeting as well as the report in order to inform our members on the orientations and decisions reached and be able to participate in your future meeting to bring our modest contribution, I hope to you all success in your meeting . Best Regards M. Muftah UNIS Secretary General ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Wonnacott" To: Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: [AFREF-4] Author: Richard Wonnacott > **************************************************************************** ** > 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