Coordinate reference systems and metrology
One of the main tasks of the Finnish Geodetic Institute is to create and maintain national coordinate and height systems in Finland.
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Markku Poutanen
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Contact person in projects
Previous projects
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Carte du Ciel (ESA CduC)
In the project, photographic plates obtained during the Carte du Ciel -project will be digitised and the positions of the stars will be remeasured.
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EMRP SIB60 Metrology for long distance surveying
In EMRP SIB60 project we participate in the European Metrology Research Programme Joint Research Project “Metrology for long distance surveying”.
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ESA Dragon 3 GOCE geoid
Case study on heterogeneous geoid/quasigeoid based on space borne and terrestrial data combination with special consideration of GOCE mission data impact
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Support for the Galileo Reference Centre
For the integrated Galileo performance monitoring and analysis activity, the consortium makes a coordinated effort to measure the Signal in Space (SiS) of individual Galileo satellites at Radio Frequency (RF) level using a 25m radio-telescope operated by ASTRON and in parallel using a 25m radio-telescope operated by OSO.
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Geodetic observing systems
Works and participations related to international organizations (like GGOS), and all such works related to the Metsähovi infrastructure which do not belong to any other projects.
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Renewal of SLR
A new SLR system (telescope, laser unit, auxiliary equipments) will be purchased and an operational work will be started.
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Renewal of VLBI
Based on the Metsähovi special funding, a new radio telescope and auxiliary equipments are purchased to fulfill requirements for continuous geodetic VLBI observations.
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VLBI Research
We research how to improve data transfer, near-real time data analysis and modelling in geodetic VLBI applications.
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