Seventh Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) was held on August 2-4, 2017.
08/11/2017

Seventh Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) was held on August 2-4, 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, preceded by a number of related side events on July 31 through August 1, 2017. The meetings brought together senior officials and executives from national geospatial information and statistical authorities within Member States, and international geospatial experts from across the globe. An important outcome of this session was the establishment of a Subcommittee on Geodesy to provide stability and longer-term planning for the Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF). Participating from NASA’s Space Geodesy Program were: Benjamin Phillips (NASA/HQ), Stephen Merkowitz (NASA/GSFC), and Allison Craddock (NASA/JPL) as US Delegates, and Michael Pearlman (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) as a representative of the International Association of Geodesy.