Terms of Reference and Objectives

This new Project is chartered to promote cooperation in and knowledge of geoid and related studies in the region of South East Asia. The target membership consists of representatives from countries in and associated with ASEAN and countries in the Malaysian Peninsula including: The Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Some of these countries have not yet responded to requests for support. Others (Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar) will be contacted under the auspices of this new Project.

The executive of this Project will be small to ensure efficiency, and the Steering Committee will comprise one member from each participating country. Because of the need to carry national authority, it is proposed that the national member be the officer in the National Geodetic Authority responsible for the National Geoid and/or National Height Datum matters.

Topics of interest in the Project include:
- Gravity and Related Data: Explore ways in which we may
    - share available gravity data (e.g. via International Gravity Bureau; GETECH, University of Leeds; USGS Data Center)
    - share available DEM's along common borders (National Geodetic Authorities)
    - combine resources for terrestrial gravity surveys along common borders
    - combine resources for airborne gravity surveys in the region.
- Geoid Control: Explore ways in which we may co-operate by
    - sharing geometric (GPS/leveling) geoid control data
    - combining efforts in global GPS campaigns ( e. g., IGS'92)
    - undertaking joint campaign for the inter-connection of National Height Datums.

This Commission Project reports to Sub-Commission 2.4