Homogenized marine gravity maps of southern and eastern Baltic Sea for modern 3D applications in marine geodesy, geology and navigation
BalMarGrav
BalMarGrav
PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
2 Water-smart societies
objective
2.2 Blue economy
Project type
Implementation
October 2022 - September 2024
BalMarGrav
The project BalMarGrav harmonises data on the Earth’s gravity across the region to feed it into a new height reference system for safer navigation, offshore infrastructure and sea traffic management.
The project aims to increase the potential of national sectoral agencies and the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission (BSHC) to realize their tasks. BSHC is currently implementing a new and unified height reference system for the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) which is consistent to the European height system EVRS. This means that bathymetric measurements, nautical charts etc., which are needed for safe navigation, offshore infrastructure and sea traffic management, will be based on a so-called geoid model. To this end, detailed mapping of the gravity field across borders, onshore and offshore, is needed. Another target group of these kind of data are the national geological services and the offshore exploration industry. New measurements to modern standards are very costly and time-consuming. In the southeastern BSR data situation and transnational cooperation still need to be improved. In the 60’s to 80’s, campaigns of measurement of the Earth’s gravity have been carried out in the coastal zones of GDR, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, mainly with a support of research infrastructure of the Soviet Union. In a time of independence from the Soviet Union and transformation of the political system, many of these older data remain forgotten or unused. BalMarGrav will build up a transnational network of the relevant experts in the region, save and reprocess the fragmented historical data and provide harmonized and validated open data products to the target groups.
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Budgets
BalMarGrav
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in numbers.
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0.50MillionTotal
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0.40MillionErdf
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0.00MillionNorway
BalMarGrav
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- 52.231958121.0067249
- 50.090297658.665425167728774
- 54.370685818.61298210330077
- 60.675013217.1467019
- 53.430181814.5509623
- 60.199131324.9370169
- 52.208909621.013184497520786
- 56.949397724.1051846
- 59.394974124.66761888709302
- 55.78313212.516722
- 54.72239204999999625.335857868379442
Project partners
Lead partnerInstitute of Geodesy and Cartography
- TownWarszawa
- Region
- CountryPoland
- RegionMiasto Warszawa
- RepresentativeInstitute of Geodesy and Cartography
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
129,163.89
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
- TownFrankfurt am Main
- Region
- CountryGermany
- RegionFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
- RepresentativeFederal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
38,976.00
Gdańsk University of Technology
- TownGdańsk
- Region
- CountryPoland
- RegionTrójmiejski
- RepresentativeGdańsk University of Technology
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
34,443.70
Lantmäteriet
- TownGävle
- Region
- CountrySweden
- RegionGävleborgs län
- RepresentativeLantmäteriet
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
31,807.12
Maritime University of Szczecin
- TownSzczecin
- Region
- CountryPoland
- RegionMiasto Szczecin
- RepresentativeMaritime University of Szczecin
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
72,220.67
National Land Survey of Finland
- TownHelsinki
- Region
- CountryFinland
- RegionHelsinki-Uusimaa
- RepresentativeNational Land Survey of Finland
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
29,232.00
Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute
- TownWarszawa
- Region
- CountryPoland
- RegionMiasto Warszawa
- RepresentativePolish Geological Institute - National Research Institute
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
23,888.37
Riga Technical University
- TownRiga
- Region
- CountryLatvia
- RegionRīga
- RepresentativeRiga Technical University
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
33,600.00
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
- TownTallinn
- Region
- CountryEstonia
- RegionPõhja-Eesti
- RepresentativeTallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
34,916.00
Technical University of Denmark
- TownLyngby
- Region
- CountryDenmark
- RegionKøbenhavns omegn
- RepresentativeTechnical University of Denmark
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
40,808.40
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
- TownVilnius
- Region
- CountryLithuania
- RegionVilniaus apskritis
- RepresentativeVilnius Gediminas Technical University
- Phone
- E-Mail
- Web
Total partner budget
30,800.00
Contacts
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Project manager, Financial manager, Communication managerMonika Wilde-PiórkoInstitute of Geodesy and Cartography
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Financial managerAnna ButkiewiczInstitute of Geodesy and Cartography
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