IGS/BIPM Pilot Project to Study

Accurate Time and Frequency Comparisons

Using GPS Phase and Code Measurements


Calendar of Events
    Date                                Event
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   1998
06-Jan-1998  Call for Participation for Pilot Project released
15-Mar-1998  responses to Call for Participation due
07-Apr-1998  31st meeting of Civil GPS Service Interface Committee,
               Ramada Plaza Pentagon, Arlington, VA, USA (to 09-Apr-1998)
09-Apr-1998  meeting of Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (FGCS),
               Ramada Plaza Pentagon, Arlington, VA, USA (to 10-Apr-1998)
20-Apr-1998  PLANS'98 meeting, Marriott Rancho Las Palmas Resort,
               Palm Springs, CA, USA (to 23-Apr-1998)
20-Apr-1998  EGS General Assembly, Acropolis, Nice, France (to 24-Apr-1998)
27-May-1998  IEEE Frequency Control Symposium, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Pasadena,
               CA, USA (to 29-May-1998)
28-May-1998  IGS Governing Board meeting, at AGU Meeting, Boston, MA, USA
29-May-1998  proposals due for IGEX-98 GLONASS Campaign Call for Participation
01-Jun-1998  target for publication of first analysis report from Pilot Project
01-Jun-1998  ION Annual Meeting, Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver, CO, USA
               (to 03-Jun-1998)
22-Jun-1998  1st meeting of the Pilot Project Working Group, at BIPM, Sèvres,
               France (to 23-Jun-1998)
15-Jul-1998  abstract deadline for 30th Annual PTTI meeting, Hyatt Regency,
               Reston, VA, USA
15-Sep-1998  ION GPS-98 meeting, Nashville, TN, USA (to 18-Sep-1998)
29-Sep-1998  meeting of the CIPM, at BIPM, Sèvres, France (to 01-Oct-1998)
19-Oct-1998  start of IGEX-98 GLONASS Campaign (revised)
27-Oct-1998  abstract deadline for Joint Meeting of 13th European Freq. & Time
               Forum and 1999 IEEE Intern. Freq. Control Symp., Besançon, France
02-Nov-1998  IGS Network Systems Workshop, Annapolis, MD, USA (to 05-Nov-1998)
30-Nov-1998  splinter meeting of the Pilot Project Working Group,
               associated with 30th Annual PTTI meeting, Hyatt Regency,
               Reston, VA, USA (13:00 to 16:00)
01-Dec-1998  30th Annual PTTI meeting, Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA, USA
               (to 03-Dec-1998)
06-Dec-1998  Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (to 10-Dec-1998)
06-Dec-1998  interim report by Pilot Project to IGS Governing Board

   1999
12-Apr-1999  Joint Meeting of 13th European Freq. & Time Forum and 1999 IEEE
               Intern. Freq. Control Symp., Besançon, France (to 16-Apr-1999)
19-Apr-1999  end of extended IGEX-98 GLONASS Campaign -- continued indefinitely
19-Apr-1999  meeting of the CCTF Woring Group on TAI, at BIPM, Sèvres, France
20-Apr-1999  14th meeting of the CCTF, at BIPM, Sèvres, France (to 22-Apr-1999)
21-Apr-1999  report by Pilot Project to CCTF presented
21-May-1999  abstract deadline for IGEX-98 Workshop (13-14-Sep-1999)
08-Jun-1999  IGS Analysis Center Workshop, at SIO, La Jolla, CA, USA
               (to 10-Jun-1999)
28-Jun-1999  ION 55th Annual Meeting, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA, USA
               (to 30-Jun-1999)
15-Jul-1999  abstract deadline for 31st Annual PTTI meeting, Laguna Clifts
	       Marriott, Dana Point, CA, USA
19-Jul-1999  XXIth IUGG General Assembly, Birmingham, UK (to 30-Jul-1999)
21-Aug-1999  GPS Week rollover from 1023 to 0 at midnight
28-Aug-1999  preregistration deadline for IGEX-98 Workshop (13-14-Sep-1999)
13-Sep-1999  IGEX-98 Workshop, at ION GPS-99 meeting, Nashville Convention
               Center, Nashville, TN, USA (to 14-Sep-1999)
14-Sep-1999  ION GPS-99 meeting, Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, TN,
               USA (to 17-Sep-1999)
05-Oct-1999  GNSS '99 European Symposium, Genova, Italy (to 08-Oct-1999)
07-Oct-1999  88th meeting of the Comité International des Poids et Mesures
               (CIPM), at BIPM, Sèvres, France (to 08-Oct-1999)
11-Oct-1999  21st meeting of the Conference Generale des Poids et Mesures
               (CGPM), at BIPM, Sèvres, France (to 15-Oct-1999)
11-Nov-1999  Worshop on Statistical Analysis of Interlaboratory Comparisons,
               at NPL, Teddington, UK (to 12-Nov-1999)
07-Dec-1999  31st Annual PTTI meeting, Laguna Clifts Marriott, Dana Point, CA,
               USA (to 09-Dec-1999)
13-Dec-1999  TWSTT working group meeting, at USNO, Washington, DC, USA
               (to 14-Dec-1999)
13-Dec-1999  Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (to 17-Dec-1999)
??-Dec-1999  progress report by Pilot Project to IGS Governing Board and BIPM due

   2000
14-Mar-2000  14th European Freq. & Time Forum, Turin, Italy (to 16-Mar-2000)
02-May-2000  GNSS 2000 Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland (to 04-May-2000)
07-Jun-2000  IEEE Freq. Control Symp., Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
               (to 09-Jun-2000)
25-Jul-2000  "Recent Advances in Metrology & Fundamental Constants", Course CXLVI,
               International School of Physics Enrico Fermi, Varenna, Italy
               (to 04-Aug-2000)
07-Aug-2000  XXIVth IAU General Assembly, Manchester, UK (to 19-Aug-2000)
19-Sep-2000  ION GPS-2000 meeting, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City,
               Utah, USA (to 22-Sep-2000)
25-Sep-2000  IGS Analysis Center Workshop, at USNO, Washington, DC, USA
               (to 29-Sep-2000)
05-Oct-2000  TWSTT working group meeting, at BIPM, Sèvres, France (to 06-Oct-2000)
19-Oct-2000  89th meeting of the Comité International des Poids et Mesures
               (CIPM), at BIPM, Sèvres, France (to 21-Oct-1999)
28-Nov-2000  32nd Annual PTTI meeting, Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA (to 30-Nov-2000)
15-Dec-2000  Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (to 19-Dec-2000)

   2001
06-Mar-2001  15th European Freq. & Time Forum, Neuchatel, Switzerland
	       (to 08-Mar-2001)
08-May-2001  GNSS 2001, Instituto de Navegacion de Espana, Seville, Spain 
	       (to 11-May-2001)
06-Jun-2001  IEEE Freq. Control Symp., Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA
               (to 08-Jun-2001)
19-Jun-2001  meeting of the CCTF Woring Group on TAI, at BIPM, Sèvres, France
20-Jun-2001  15th meeting of the CCTF, at BIPM, Sèvres, France (to 21-Jun-2001)
11-Sep-2001  ION GPS-2001 meeting, Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City,
               Utah, USA (to 14-Sep-2001)
27-Nov-2001  33rd Annual PTTI meeting, Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, CA (to 29-Nov-2000)
10-Dec-2001  Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (to 14-Dec-2001)

   2002
12-Mar-2002  16th European Freq. & Time Forum, St. Petersburg, Russia
               (to 14-Mar-2002)
18-Mar-2002  4th Intern. Symp. on Time Scale Algorithms, at BIPM, Sèvres, France
               (to 19-Mar-2002)
29-May-2002  IEEE Freq. Control Symp., Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New
               Orleans, LA, USA (to 31-May-2002)
17-Aug-2002  URSI General Assembly, Maastricht, The Netherlands (to 24-Aug-2002)
06-Dec-2002  Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (to 10-Dec-2002)
31-Dec-2002  end of IGS/BIPM Pilot Project (transition to operations)

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(last updated 22 October 2003)