The international project MagNetE (Magnetic Net For Europe) was undertaken in 2003. The project has been accepted by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy of the IUGG. The common research on the geomagnetic field space and time distribution in Europe, as well as collecting data and its analysis, constitutes the grounds for theoretical works on geomagnetic field models and their parameters. It is also the basis for studying the genesis of the geomagnetic field secular variations and its mechanism. The results of the project enable to increase the accuracy of models on the global, regional, and also on local scale. It has a vital meaning for the regions where the geomagnetic data are not available or, where the existing data, because of their low accuracy, cannot be used. Information about the secular variations of the geomagnetic field makes it possible to update the magnetic data, which is needed in navigation, topography, telecommunication, geology and geophysics and other domains.The enclosed maps of isopors presented have been compiled using the results of measuring campaigns in the years 2004-2006 together with the archive data. They show the secular variations of the magnetic declination D, the length H of the horizontal intensity vector and the lenght F of the total intensity vector of the geomagnetic field, in the intervals 1995-2000 and 2000-2005. The maps of isopors for Europe have been worked out using data from not only the magnetic observatories, but also from some hundred magnetic secular variation stations (repeated stations), located in 23 European countries. The secular variation differences between data obtained from terrestrial surveys and data from the IGRF model (International Geomagnetic Reference Field) have been presented in the form of maps and histograms.In several regions of Europe the unexpectedly large secular variation anomalies are visible. Anomalies of so high frequency and large amplitude cannot exist. They are probably caused by data errors, which may have different sources. Their existence cannot be explained by now. Therefore the MagNetE project should be continued.

Geoinformation Issues, 2009, Vol. 1, No 1, pages 33-39