International Association of Geodesy


The International Association of Geodesy is a constituent association of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.

Overview

The IAG was founded in 1862 as the Mitteleuropäische Gradmessung, later became the Europäische Gradmessung in 1867, the Internationale Erdmessung in 1886 and took its present name in 1946.
At present there are 4 commissions and one inter-commission committee:
The Global Geodetic Observing System is the observing arm of the IAG that focuses on proving the geodetic infrastructure to measure changes in the earth's shape, rotation and mass distribution.

Journal

IAG sponsors the Journal of Geodesy, published by Springer as the merger and continuation of Bulletin Géodésique and manuscripta geodaetica; it has an impact factor of 4.528.

General references