# Presentation: 164091

## United Nations GNSS Activities Forward in 2005 and beyondJohn WildeChair, CGSIC International Sub-CommitteeOn behalf of Office for Outer Space AffairsCGSIC 14 March 2005, Prague

**United Nations GNSS Activities Forward in 2005 and beyond****John Wilde****Chair, CGSIC International Sub-Committee****On behalf of Office for Outer Space Affairs****CGSIC ****14 March 2005, Prague**

## BACKGROUND

**BACKGROUND**

**Plan of Action of OOSA, following UNISPACE III **
**Training module on capacity-building in the use of global positioning and navigation systems in various areas of applications**
**2001-2002: Series of UN/USA Regional Workshops and International Meeting of Experts on the Use and Applications of GNSS**
**August 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Asia and the Pacific;**
**November 2001, Vienna, Austria, for Central and Eastern Europe;**
**April 2002, Santiago de Chile, for Latin America and the Caribbean;**
**July 2002, Lusaka, Zambia, for Africa and Western Asia;**
**November 2002, Vienna, Austria, International Meeting**
**December 2003, Vienna, Austria, International Workshop**
**Contributions to the work of the Action Team on GNSS**
**Requests for support to follow-up initiatives/activities**

## SURVEY ON GNSS FOLLOW-UP INITIATIVES2003

**SURVEY ON GNSS FOLLOW-UP INITIATIVES****2003**

**Global survey conducted among 300 experts from developing countries who participated in the UN/USA Regional Workshops and International Meeting on GNSS in 2001-2002**
**2001-2002: Questions asked:**
**Initiatives/follow-up actions undertaken**
**Difficulties encountered**
**Recommendations to overcome those difficulties in undertaking initiatives and follow-up actions**
**Thematic areas addressed in the survey:**
**Surveying, mapping and Earth sciences**
**Agriculture and management of natural resources**
**Management of environment and natural disasters**
**Transportation**
**Education, training and awareness increase**

## SURVEY ON GNSS FOLLOW-UP INITIATIVES 2003 (continued)

**SURVEY ON GNSS FOLLOW-UP INITIATIVES 2003 (continued)**

**Results compiled and analyzed by a group of selected experts**
**Surveying and mapping: Lead: I. Fejes (Hungary)**
**Collaborators: R. Moyo (Zambia), R. Neilan (IGS, United States), Chee Hua Teng (Malaysia), W. Martinez Dias (Colombia)**
**Agriculture and management of natural resources: Lead: C. Vettorazzi (Brazil)**
**Collaborators: T. Ahmed-Rufai (Nigeria), J. P. Molin (Brazil) **
**Management of environment and natural disasters:  Lead: W. Nyakwada (Kenya)**
**Collaborator: M. D. Subari (Malaysia)**
**Transportation: Lead: T. Ahmed-Rufai (Nigeria)**
**Collaborators: T. Hlásny (Slovakia), S. Pal (India), H. J. Matamoros R. (Colombia)**
**Training: Lead F. Walter (Brazil)**
**Collaborators: C. Vettorazzi (Brazil), C. Merry (South Africa), E. Böth (Hungary)**
**Replies and reports made available at the web site:**** http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SAP/gnss/joint2003.html**

## Results 2003/2004 Workshop

**Results 2003/2004 Workshop**

**Table with proposed follow up projects/initiatives for support by OOSA; Contact persons identified by thematic areas**
**Surveying and mapping:**
**Agriculture and management of natural resources:**
**Management of environment and natural disasters:**
**Transportation**
**Education and Training**
**Action Team on GNSS commented on the table (June 2004); OOSA comments on an on going basis**
**Formation of an International Committee on GNSS (ICG)**

## OOSA SUPPORT TO GNSS ACTIVITIES

**OOSA SUPPORT TO GNSS ACTIVITIES**

**Organization of an international meetings**
**Support to the work of Action Team on GNSS, possible implementation of some of the recommendations**
**Promotion of integration of lectures and field work on GNSS in education curriculum and activities of the regional centres**
**Model education curriculum on RS and GIS (ST/SPACE/18) already includes lectures and field work on GNSS such as:**
**Lectures:**
**Fundamental concepts of GPS**
**Types of GNSS satellites**
**Applications of GNSS in resource surveys, mapping and navigation**
**Field work**
**Checking of existing map coordinates**
**Survey of small areas with the help of GPS receivers**
**Support to a few selected follow-up initiatives and projects**

## Current Status

**Current Status**

**Part one:**
**Up dated status of projects and initiatives**
**Plan of activities for 2005**
**Road map of actions to carry forward  recommendations of the Action Team on GNSS**
**Part Two:**
**Agreement on the establishment of an International Committee on GNSS**
**Two meetings held to define/review Terms of Reference on 16/17 Dec 2004 and 3 March 2005**