Geodetic Journey

 

Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Autority (NMCA). The Geodetic Institute is a part of the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority, the national surveying and mapping agency of Norway, etablished in 1773. Some 20- 30 years ago, geodesy – an Earth Science, was revolutionized by the introduction of space techniques. We are proud of being one of the first agencies implementing, perhaps the most well known of these techniques, the Global Positioning System GPS, as a geodetic tool. The Geodetic Institute still has the ambition of being among the leading institutes in modern geodesy. Today geodesy rely on both space and in-situ infrastructure and the accuracy of the geodetic reference frame is by far better than needed to produce maps. However, geodetic products have proven pivotal for other applications such as the understanding of the water cycle, climate change and geohazards. The field of geodesy is unknown to most public groups. Even some of the scientific communities still need to be reminded of the importance and fundamental contribution to Earth Sciences provided by geodesy. Because geodesy will continue to play an even more important role both in science and in society in general, we strongly support the idea of making this fascinating field more available and understandable to the public. The Geodetic Journey is the first outreach project of its kind within geodesy and we are as proud to be a part of this initiative as we are of our early implementation of the public use of GPS.

We wish the travelling team a pleasant and enlightening journey!

Knut Flåthen, Director General Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority