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INTRODUCTION Geodesy continues to face new challenges as new geodetic techniques evolve and measurement strategies change. New geodetic measurement technology and techniques developed over the past decade and the likelihood that subcentimeter real-time position accuracy will be achieved within the next decade make it feasible to consider searching for geodetic solutions to problems in a number of different areas. The implications of the latter achievement should not be lost on the scientific community. This report presents a number of significant current opportunities and important unresolved problems for geodesy in the future.