Jubilee Seminar: 25 years of Motorised Levelling

Geodesy & Surveying in the Future

International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
Commission 5

Nordic Commission of Geodesy (NKG):
Height Determination Group

National Land Survey of Sweden (NLS):
Geodetic Research Division

Working day for FIG-Commission 5 Steering Committee members

09.00-09.30 Registration & Coffee

09.30-10.30 Opening ceremony

10.50-12.30 TS 1: Advance in techniques & instrumentation’s for terrestrial height determination (5 papers)

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.10 TS 2: Applications of modern terrestrial height determination techniques (5)

15.30-17.30 TS 3: Heightening with satellite & other techniques (6)

19.00-20.00 Visit of the technical exhibition at NLS

20.00-22.00 Dinner

09.00-10.20 TS 4: Standards and Quality (4)

10.40-12.20 TS 5: End-Users problems and needs for different applications (5)

13.20-15.00 TS 6: Technical requirements on networks (5)

15.20-16.40 TS 7: How to fulfil the User needs? (4)

17.00-18.00 SS: Klaus Peter Schwarz: The new trends in geodesy and surveying: multi sensors, globalisation and integration.

19.00-22.00 Dinner & Visit of the NLS-exhibition

09.00-10.20 TS 8: How to meet the End-users needs? (4)

10.40-12.00 TS 9: National reports and Panel Discussion (5)

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-16.00 Technical visits and demonstrations at NLS (5 stations)

Practical demonstration of ML (Motorised Levelling).

Demonstration of the Control Centre for SWEPOS (National network of permanent GPS reference stations).

The National Historical Map Centre.

The production of modern digital maps.

Laser Interferometer Comparator in action: Automated calibration of levelling staffs

16.00-17.00 Summary & conclusion – Closure of the Seminar: M. Kasser & JM Becker

The workshop will be held at the National Land Survey of Sweden in Gävle. The city of Gävle is situated approximately 150 km north of Stockholm Airport (Arlanda). There exist regular connections by bus and railway between the airport and Gävle (less than 2h). More details will be sent to all registered participants.

Abstracts are due no later than November 1, 1998. Acceptance notifications will be sent during the month of November 1998. Accepted papers will be due latest February 1, 1999.

If you would like to present a paper at the workshop, please send a 250 – 500 word abstract.

The registration fee is USD 240$. This fee includes lunches, coffee/tea and dinners throughout the seminar. Documentation from all presented papers will be collected and published in book form. This will also be free of charge for all participants.

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Hotel Reservation:  Hotel Winn (approx. USD 90-105 $)         o
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Registration should be made no later than 1/1 1999.

Send to J-M Becker or Mikael Lilje, address see below.

Registration and questions to:

Prof. Jean-Marie Becker or Mr. Mikael Lilje

Geodetic Research Division

National Land Survey

S-801 82 Gävle

Sweden

Fax: (+46) 26 61 06 76

Tel: (+46) 26 63 30 00

Email: mikael.lilje@lm.se

          jean-marie.becker@lm.se

Web: http://www.lm.se/fig5/