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The First Survey and GIS Summit - Bridging the Gap 2003 was held
at the Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California, USA July 6-8, 2003. The
Summit was held in conjunction to the 23rd ESRI International User
Conference which attracted more than 11,000 visitors from 135
countries. The participants of the Summit also attended the opening of
the User Conference which highlights were Jack Dangermond's
keynote presentation and another keynote presentation given by
Peter Hillary, son to Sir Edmund Hillary, who told about
his second climb to Mt Everest to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of
his father's historical climb. FIG further attended the exhibition
with a joint stand together with ACSM. The Survey and GIS Summit was
first of its kind and organised to build closer co-operation between
surveyors and GIS professionals. The opening keynote presentation was
given by Prof. Holger Magel, President of FIG (handouts
of his PowerPoint presentation to be downloaded as .pdf-file). The
other presentations included different aspects to the topic from
technical to organisational aspects. Among speakers were Dr. Eric
K. Anderson, President of ACSM, Curt Sumner, Secretary
General of ACSM, Markku Villikka, FIG Director and
Lisa Lubeley from URISA. The remaining speakers focussed on the
technical points of integrating GIS and surveying.
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