Homogenized marine gravity maps of southern and eastern Baltic Sea for modern 3D applications in marine geodesy, geology and navigation
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BalMarGrav

PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
2 Water-smart societies
objective
2.2 Blue economy
Project type
Small Project
Implementation
October 2022 - September 2024
Technical details

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.
Project summary
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
in numbers.
  • 0.50
    Million
    Total
  • 0.40
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.00
    Million
    Norway

Success indicators

BalMarGrav
in numbers.
19 Organisations reached with 1 Solutions in offer 1 Solutionsin use 1 Pilotactivities 17 Organisationsin the project
  • 52.233717221.071432235636493
  • 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
Lead partnerInstitute of Geodesy and Cartography
  • Town
    Warszawa
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Miasto Warszawa
Total partner budget
129,163.89
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
  • Town
    Frankfurt am Main
  • Region
  • Country
    Germany
  • Region
    Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
Total partner budget
38,976.00
Gdańsk University of Technology
  • Town
    Gdańsk
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Trójmiejski
Total partner budget
34,443.70
Lantmäteriet
  • Town
    Gävle
  • Region
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Region
    Gävleborgs län
Total partner budget
31,807.12
Maritime University of Szczecin
  • Town
    Szczecin
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Miasto Szczecin
Total partner budget
72,220.67
National Land Survey of Finland
  • Town
    Helsinki
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Helsinki-Uusimaa
Total partner budget
29,232.00
Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute
  • Town
    Warszawa
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Miasto Warszawa
Total partner budget
23,888.37
Riga Technical University
  • Town
    Riga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Rīga
Total partner budget
33,600.00
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
  • Town
    Tallinn
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Põhja-Eesti
Total partner budget
34,916.00
Technical University of Denmark
  • Town
    Lyngby
  • Region
  • Country
    Denmark
  • Region
    Københavns omegn
Total partner budget
40,808.40
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
  • Town
    Vilnius
  • Region
  • Country
    Lithuania
  • Region
    Vilniaus apskritis
Total partner budget
30,800.00

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