Educate FIG member associations and individual surveyors on when
to use which surveying instrument or evaluation software taking into
account economic reasons
Design fit-for-purpose surveying systems that are cost-effective
Support decision makers for establishing cost-effective
positioning solutions
Chair
Leonid A. Lipatnikov, Russia
l.lipatnikov[at]ssga.ru
Li Zhang, Germany
li.zhang[at]iigs.uni-stuttgart.de
What we are working on -
Developing guidelines for cost-effective use and design
of survey solutions including costs for labour and
investment
FIG Publication on cost effective surveying techniques
What's New
In 2019, FIG report 74 "Cost effective precise positioning with GNSS"
was published. The report contains an overview of a vast variety of
options enabling cost-effective use of precise GNSS positioning.
High-precision low-cost GNSS hardware, software-defined receivers, CORS
networks, free data and information sources, versatile free open source
software, free online post-processing and real-time correction services,
and SBAS are discussed. Current trends and forecasts for technology
development, adoption, and cost dynamics are analyzed. It is shown how the
decrease of the user costs for high precision positioning may be shaped by
the emerging applications including location based services, automatic UAV
guidance, and self-driving cars. General recommendations for choosing a
cost-effective positioning technology are proposed. Work on the second
edition of the report is in progress.
