14.2 Hans-Peter Plag presented the status of AR-07-03, Global Geodetic Reference Frames The primary deliverable for 2008 is the GGOS 2020 Reference Document. Task activities in 2008/2009 include: discussion of GGOS 2020 Recommendations with GEO Members and Participating Organizations (mainly in 2009); GGOS Stakeholder Events (preferably co-located with relevant GEO and/or CEOS meetings); development of an intergovernmental framework and; to develop two issues identified by ADC members (a unified global height system and transformation global to regional/national).
Relevant GGOS activities in 2008/2009 include: ITRS/ITRF standardization (should there be an international standard for THE geodetic (coordinate) reference system and should ITRS/ITRF be the basis for that?); a proposal for an IAG Workshop to discuss related questions; a GGOS Call for proposals for new components, deadline October 15, 2008 and; an IGCP 565 Project “Developing the Global Geodetic Observing System into a Monitoring System for the Global Water Cycle”.
