Geodesy

Newcastle University Geodesy Group Blog

CPD courses on GNSS

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Peter

This week we welcome delegates from OSNI, WS Atkins, Colas Rail, Tata Steel, Leica Geosystems, Murphy Surveys, Plowman Craven Ltd, Fugro, and Forestry Commission Scotland for one or both of our linked CPD courses ‘GNSS and Network RTK‘ and ‘High precision GNSS using post-processing‘, building on our previous GNSS benchmarking work for The Survey Association.

Geoff Blewitt named as EGU’s 2015 Vening Meinesz Medallist

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Peter

Former Newcastle geodesy colleague (and later visiting professor) Geoff Blewitt, has recently been named as the 2015 recipient of the European Geophysical Union’s Vening Meinesz Medal, which is the principal award of the EGU geodesy division. The medal will be formally presented at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna next April.

Congratulations from all of us, Geoff!

Grace Nield’s viva today

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Peter

Today we welcome Andy Hooper from the University of Leeds (@GeoAndyHooper) and Neil Ross from the School of Geography (@sledge_ross), who are examining Grace Nield’s PhD thesis.