TITLE: EUREF : The Regional Densification of the IGS in Europe

AUTHOR: Carine Bruyninx
        Royal Observatory of Belgium
        C.Bruyninx@oma.be

The EUREF subcommission which is responsible for the maintenance of 
the ETRS89 took in 1995 the initiative to start coordinating the 
activities related to existing local permanent GPS networks in 
Europe and created the EUREF Network.
Part of this coordination task includes the creation of the structure 
to make tracking data and auxiliary data, as well as products of 
various kinds, publicly available.            
For the EUREF Network to develop in a full service, its management 
tasks have been recently reorganized. This will allow to continue 
managing efficiently the expanding GPS tracking network and the 
array of related multi-disciplinary projects.
Presently, the EUREF network consists of about 100 permanent tracking
stations. Half of these stations are also belonging to the IGS 
network and consequently have their auxiliary information also 
available at the global level. Since EUREF is delivering, as RNAAC,
regional network solutions to the IGS, a full compliance of standards 
between the IGS and EUREF network is primordial.