News in 2019
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Global Surveyors' Day 21 March
21 March 2019
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21 March has been announced Global Surveyors' Day and this is
celebrated around the world.
USA is not only celebrating one day, but since 1984 the third
week of March has been dedicated National Surveyors Week to
recognize and promote the many contributions by surveyors and
the surveying profession in all aspects of life. U.S. President
Ronald Reagan asigned a Presidential Proclamation in 1984
recognizing National Surveyors Week and asking citizens to
observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities
paying tribute to professional surveyors and their contribution
to society.
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CLGE (the Council of European Geodetic Surveyors) launched its first
day of the European Surveyor in 2012 on the 500th anniversary of Flemish
geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator’s birth.
By the initiative of CLGE and NSPS with the endorsement of FIG the
Première celebration of Global
Surveyors’ Day 2018 was held at World Bank Headquarters in
Washington, DC. Several other countries and regions also held events and
celebrations.
This year the Global Surveyors' Day will be held in many regions and
countries, and FIG wishes all the best for all these events and
activities, hoping that
this will help emphasise the many contributions by surveyors and the
surveying profession in all aspects of life.
In 2019, CLGE will gather in Sofia (BG) on 22 – 23 March 2019, and
there will be a special celebration in Bulgaria where also the new
Surveyor of the Year is unveiled. This is the 8th consecutive unveiling
of this kind. The celebration takes place in conjunction with a CLGE
seminar, organized together with the FIG member from Bulgaria.
Survey Department Sri Lanka has done a big effort to organise a
celebration of the National Survey’s Day with the collaboration of the
Surveyors Institution Sri Lanka (SISL).
If you are celebrating this day or have organised activities for the
promotion of the work of the surveyors in your country or region, we encourage you to upload photos to
the FIG Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/internationalfederationofsurveyors
You can also send photos and a short description to FIG:
fig@fig.net
Happy Global Surveyors Day!
Louise Friis-Hansen
21 March 2019
