INDIGO: Inter-Service Data Integration for Geodetic Operations

INDIGO was proposed to (and selected by) NASA under a Cooperative Agreement Notice entitled, "Earth Science REASoN - Research, Education and Applications Solutions Network-- A Distributed Network of Data and Information Providers for Earth Science Enterprise Science, Applications and Education."

INDIGO provides support for the central offices of the International GNSS Service (IGS, formerly the International GPS Service), International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS), and International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS), as well as the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) data archive system, to develop information systems which enable the simultaneous use of multiple space geodetic techniques for earth science.

The data and products from these services is made possible by the many worldwide agencies that utilize their own resources to collaboratively create them. Information about the participating organizations is available at the Service links above.

INDIGO development takes place at both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

INDIGO works closely with the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) and the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS), and intends to develop systems which are extensible, to allow other space geodetic techniques to participate.

More information and links will be made available as INDIGO services are rolled out.