this reference and handbook includes contributions from the world?s leading experts and describes the history, theory, development, research highlights, problems and future of the individual geodetic fields. the subjects include: geodesy, satellite geodesy, marine geodesy, gps / galileo systems, navigation and positioning, aerogravimetry, super-conducting gravimetry, adjustment and filtering, orbits theory, orbits determination, tectonics, earth rotation and polar motion, earth tide and ocean loading tide, satellite altimetry, remote sensing, insar, etc.