History
| 1868 | Foundation of the Commission for European Degree Measurement under the chairmanship of academy member Prof. Dr. Carl Maximilian von Bauernfeind |
| 1889 | First photogrammetric survey of the Vernagtferner, Ötztal Alps, by academy member Prof. Dr. Sebastian Finsterwalder |
| 1962 | Foundation of the Commission for Glaciology under the chairmanship of academy member Prof. Richard Finsterwalder |
| Since 1964 | Determination of the annual and seasonal mass balances of the Vernagtferner |
| 1970–1984 | Special Research Programme 78 “Satellite Geodesy” of the German Research Foundation |
| 1974-1986 | Special Research Programme 81 “Runoff in Channels” of the German Research Foundation |
| Since 1974 | Recording of the runoff from the glacier area at the Vernagtbach gauging station (2640 m) |
2010 | Merger of the Bavarian Commission for International Geodesy and the Commission for Glaciology into the Commission for Geodesy and Glaciology |
| 2010 | Foundation of the Centre of Geodetic Earth System Research (CGE) as an association of geodetic research institutions in the Munich area consisting of the KEG, the IAPG (Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy) and the FESG (Research Facility Satellite Geodesy) of the TU Munich and the DGFI (German Geodetic Research Institute) |