On Friday the 25th of November, the geodesy institutes at TU Graz hosted the annual geoday, an outreach event targeted at students about to graduate high school. This year over 150 students from Graz and all over Styria (south eastern Austria) took the opportunity to get to know the courses of study, the geodesy institutes at TU Graz and their current research topics. The event is also always a great opportunity to spark interest in geodesy and show the public how the earth observation data we provide, through EGSIEM and other projects, can directly influence their everyday lives.
Torsten Mayer-Gurr’s introductory talk was titled „Beeinflusst der Klimawandel die Flugbahn von Satelliten?“ (Does climate change affect the orbit of satellites?) and outlined the path from satellite observations to climate research relevant data sets. Armed with this knowledge, the students roamed the exhibition space and started many interesting discussions with our staff.
Please see below for a selection of photos from the event, we hope to see you at EGU2017!
