The 18 papers of the book give a comprehensive overview overrecent advancesof geodetic research in Latin America. Geodetic and gravimetric control in Latin America2. Geodynamic Research ProjectsThe Symposium was held in Vienna, August 1991, at theGeneral Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy andGeophysics.

and Program.- Geodetic and Gravimetric Control in Latin America.- Inter-American geodetic integration.- A first realization of a GPS reference frame in Brazil.- A first attempt for a GPS network in Brazil, not included.- GPS South American net project for southern cone.- Use of GPS in the south of Brazil under severe ionospheric conditions.- Datum transformations for GPS applications in South America.- Satellite imagery and positioning systems for accurate mapping in unmapped areas of the Amazon.- Regional Gravity and Geoid Determination.- New first order gravity stations in Chile: implications.- Gravity chart of Mexico, not included.- A contribution to the geoid determination.- The possibilities for a detailed gravimetric geoid in Uruguay, not included.- The South American Gravity Project.- Geodynamic Research Projects.- Tidal gravity measurements in Latin-America.- Plate motions and active crustal deformation in the North Andean region measured with the Global Positioning System.- The Project CORBAS — determination of recent crustal movements in Costa Rica.- Recent dynamic activity of the Bransfield rift: potential zone of high natural hazard in Antarctica.- Gravity variations in Central Chile.- Monitoring of gravity variations in the southern Central Andes.- Crustal dynamic investigations in the Central Andes using GPS.- Geodynamic research by absolute and relative gravimetry in Venezuela.- Author Index.

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