Report on the Analysis of the Asia Pacific Regional Geodetic Project (APRGP) GPS Campaign 2017

The annual Asia Pacific Regional Geodetic Project (APRGP) GPS campaign is an activity of the Geodetic Reference Frame Working Group (WG) of the Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP). The WG is continuing the annual GPS campaign activity as some member countries are at this time unable to participate in the Asia Pacific Reference Frame (APREF) project but have an ongoing requirement for geodetic positioning relative to the regional/global network. The roles of the WG include the creating and maintenance of a densely realised and accurate geodetic framework, coordinate regional cooperation in geodesy amongst national agencies, and to build and improve the regional geodetic infrastructure. The APRGP is where UN-GGIM-AP member agencies contribute GPS data to the WG. GPS data from the APRGP are available for all participant member countries for local and global scientific research and local applications. The composite GPS data set is subsequently analysed by the WG so as to provide estimates of station coordinates in the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF). The results of the APRGP are also supplied by the WG to the official ITRF product centre to densify the ITRF in the Asia Pacific region. This document overviews the data analysis of APRGP GPS campaign undertaken in 2017.