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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – October/November 2018 |
Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the October/November issue of FIG Newsletter. FIG 140 anniversary was celebrated together with a hand over ceremony at a very special event in Athens, Greece. In this newsletter you can read further updates from the latest months. Please also mark the dates 22-26 April 2019, and read more about this premier event in 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Have you secured a stand at the exhibition? Do also have a look at the special sponsorship possibilities. We will be back again with further news before the seasons holidays, so please enjoy this first update.
Article of the Month
Each month on the FIG web site we publish a paper called the Article of the Month.
November 2018 is written by Guanqing LI and
Shengxiang HUANG, China: Control
Survey for a 6.7 km Immersed Tunnel in Chinese Lingding Ocean. This
paper was presented at the FIG Congress in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2018. The
paper focuses on the 6.7 km Immersed Tunnel that links Hong Kong to the
east, and Zhuhai and Macao to the west. For the construction of such a
long immersed tunnel, particular care should be taken in the perspective of
geodetic control.The paper describes the design and implemention of the
geodetic basis and hierarchical surface control networks.
October 2018 is written by Stig Enemark, Denmark
and Robin McLaren, UK: Making
FFP Land Administration Compelling and Work in Practice. This paper was
presented at the Commission 7 Annual Meeting in Bergen, Norway, 24-28
September 2018. The paper initially provides background to the 2030 Global
Agenda and the realisation that many of these goals will not be achieved
without quickly solving the current insecurity of tenure crisis through the
FFP approach to land administration. Finally, the paper reviews the lessons
learned from implementing FFP land administration solutions in three
developing countries, Indonesia, Nepal and Uganda.
FIG News
FIG 140th Anniversary and Hand Over Celebration in Athens, Greece
 Five FIG Presidents |
FIG President Prof. Chryssy Potsiou had organised a very special event
that included both a celebration of the 140th anniversary of FIG,
many interesting presentations and a hand over ceremony. http://fig.net/news/news_2018/11_handover_140.asp |
Organised by Technical Chamber in Greece.
Cooperation agreement among Surveyors, Civil Engineers and Architects
 The cooperation agreement was signed by the three organisations |
On 9 November 2018 FIG President signed a cooperation agreement with
the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the European Council
of Civil Engineers (ECCE).
It was the first time a conference was held with
participation by surveyors, architects and civil engineers, and FIG
president Chryssy Potsiou played a central role in the idea behind
and organisation of this event. http://fig.net/news/news_2018/11_cooperation_FIG_UIA_ECCE.asp |
Call for Bids for FIG Working Week 2023
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FIG Council announces the bidding material for the Working Week
2023. All member associations are encouraged to consider to submit a
bid. Election of the destination will take place at the Working Week
and General Assembly 2023 in Hanoi, Vietnam. http://fig.net/news/news_2018/10_bids_ww2023.asp |
FIG Working Week 2019 - Secure your stand at the exhibtion
The FIG Working Week will be the major event in 2019 in the global community of surveying and geospatial professionals. It is organised by FIG - International Federation of Surveyors and VGCR - Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing. The main objective of the FIG Working Week is to bring together experts from academia, governments/public administration and industry to report on recent developments, trends and research results.
Secure your stand at the exhibtion
FIG Working Week
2019 will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam at the Vietnam National Convention
Center. Each conference day will consist of one plenary session with
specially invited key note speakers and technical sessions. An exhibition
showcasing the latest trends and developments will take place in parallel.
The exhibition is located in the hallways outside the
session rooms where refreshments will also be served,
which will give a unique opportunity to meet with all
participants. Check your sponsorship and exhibition
possibilities:
http://fig.net/fig2019/exhibition.htm
Hereto, an
interesting social programme is offered. This years Vietnamese Cultural
Evening event is organised for all participants and is included in the
registration fee. You will experience a special performance at the
Vietnamese opera. All accompanying persons are also invited to this special
event. There will be a festive gala dinner, and several pre and post technical/social tours will be offered that will enable
you to get to know Vietnam both from a professional and a touristic point of
view. The conference site is updated regularly with information about events
and tours: www.fig.net/fig2019
The theme of the conference is Geospatial information for a smarter life and environmental resilience. Focus will be on tackling the climate changes by working towards a smarter life both through the development of smart cities and also in rural areas. Spatial information, big data, surveying, BIM, land administration and much more are essential factors in this development.
Do not miss this premier event of 2019. Read more at: www.fig.net/fig2019
FIG Activities and visits
The thirteenth meeting of the Internatoinal Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG-13)
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FIG is an Associate Member of the ICG and has been involved
since the start. Mikael Lilje, Suelynn Choy and Matt Higgins
were there as the FIG representatives to UNOOSA and to ICG.
Mikael is FIG liaison to UNOOSA and Suelynn acted as FIG’s
co-chair for Working Group D on Reference Frames, Timing and
Applications. Matt has been involved in ICG since its start and
acted a co-chair for Working Group D. |
FIG at Chintergeo 2018
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FIG Vice President Orhan Ercan represented FIG at this year's
Chintergeo. FIG was also attending with a stand, manned by the
host of the FIG Working Week 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. |
Intergeo 2018
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FIG had a well-visited stand at Intergeo 2018 that took place in
Frankfurt, Germany, and met with many both members and potential
members of FIG. FIG was represented by President Elect Rudolf
Staiger who also gave a presentation at the Welcome Reception. |
FIG Vice President Orhan Ercan attends Euroasian GIS Congress 2018
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The Congress held on 4-7 September 2018 in Baku Axerbaijan
showed that it is necessary to implement works on identification
and prevention of different problems through taking big
advantages enabled by Geographic Information Systems, usable in
analyzing sustainable socio-economic development of regions and
countries. |
Publications
Framework for Costing and Financing Land Aministration Services - CoFLAS
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FIG and UN-Habitat/GLTN (Global Land Tool Network) have launched
a new decision-support tool for land administration to assist
the modernizing the budgetary approach. FIG Honorary President
CheeHai Teo started the work on this tool together with GLTN
while he was president of FIG and now the tool and this guide
book is ready to use. |
News from Commissions
Commission 1 Newsletter - December 2018: http://fig.net/organisation/comm/1/index.asp
Commission 7 2018 Annual Meeting and International Seminar - proceedings and web site: http://fig.net/organisation/comm/7/index.asp
FIG Foundation Grants for 2019
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Details of the FIG Foundation Academic Grant and PhD Scholarship
2019 competitions are now available. Please check the two introduction videos in which Mike Barry, board member of FIG Foundation, and Eva-Maria Unger, Chair of FIG Young Surveyors inform about how to apply. http://fig.net/news/news_2018/foundationgrants_2019.asp |
Events
2019
ESRI/FIG Webinar on Modernizing Land Administration Systems
10 January 2019 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Webinar
With the availability of out-of-the-box solutions, many organizations are
modernizing their cadastral systems. Keeping data current and accurate,
implementing 3D capabilities, and maintaining data security while providing
access to stakeholders are ongoing challenges that new GIS tools overcome.
Modern Web GIS breaks down barriers; improves security; easily scales; and
delivers new, advanced parcel mapping and data management capabilities. This
webinar will show you the advantages of modern, open, standards-based COTS
GIS technology and how to get starte
Information on registration for this free webinar will follow soon. Check
FIG web site: www.fig.net
FIG Working Week 2019
Web site
15-17 May 2019, Athens, Greece
4th Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring, organised
by The School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of the National Technical
University of Athens (NTUA) in cooperation with FIG and IAG.
Web site: www.jisdm2019.survey.ntua.gr
Invitation (pdf)
June 4-6, 2019, Fredericton, New-Brunswick, Canada
Joint 40th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing & Geomatics Atlantics 2019
“Remote Sensing and Geomatics – Common Perspectives and NewSpace”
Website: https://crss-sct.ca/conferences/csrs-2019/
15-18 August 2019, Darwin, Australia
South East Asia Survey Congress (SEASC). Organised by ASEAN Flag Surveying
Nations and SSSI, Australia, supported by FIG
Web site: www.seasc2019darwin.com.au/
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Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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FIG Working Week 2019, 22–26 April
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