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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – January 2018 |
Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the January issue of FIG Newsletter. Register now for the FIG Congress 2018 and get the Early Bird discount. The programme is taking shape, an you are invited to an exciting four-day programme filled with technical sessions, networking opportunities and a great adventure. In this issue you will also find reports from the annual meetings of Commission 3 and Commission 7, the Africa Regional Network meeting, preparations for FIG Working Week 2019 and a symposium in Shanghai on land use and green development.
FIG Foundation Academic Research Grant 2018 and Ph.D. Scholarships 2018
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FIG Foundation offers two types of grants: Ph.D. Scholarship Grants
of up to 4,000 euros to PhD students. Deadline
1 February 2018 |
Article of the Month
Each month on the FIG web site we publish a paper called the Article of the Month.
January 2018 is written by Daniel Páez, Abbas Rajabifard & Joaquín Andrés Franco Gantiva, Colombia: Methodological proposal for measuring and predicting Urban Green Space per capita in a Land-Use Cover Change model: Case Study in Bogota. This paper was presented at the Commission 7 Annual Meeting in Bogota Colombia. It describes the problem of lack of sustainable urban planning and territorial ordinance plans which have led to nullification, fragmentation and reduction of green space and strategic ecosystems within cities.
FIG Congress 2018 – register now and get the early bird discount
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The Congress is organised by FIG and the Turkish Chamber of Survey and Cadaster Engineers (CSCE) and will take place 6 – 11 May 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. We are certain that Istanbul will exceed in meeting all requirements and expectations for a memorable and successful Congress. This geographical area has not hosted any FIG Congress and General Assembly before. Istanbul is one of the most impressive and attractive cities at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, where unique beauties of the West and the East come together. The overall theme of the large 4-year Congress is: The four day conference will offer an exciting and variated choice of technical sessions, technical tours and of course also the opportunity to explore the wonderful city and surroundings of Istanbul as well as the famous Turkish hospitality. The technical programme is now taking shape and is an exciting mixture of sessions composed from the open call for papers, special sessions, sessions organised jointly with our partners such as UN-Habitat/GLTN and FAO and of course the highligh of each day, the plenary sessions. The plenary sessions cover the following areas:
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When you register before 20 February 2018 you are entitiled to the Early Bird Registration of 650 € Pre-events Three exciting Pre-events are offered:
More information at: http://www.fig.net/fig2018/ Social events and tours The Congress is not only about technical sessions, learning and presentations. Also very important is the networking part of the FIG Congress. The Welcome Reception is included in the registration fee, and it will be possible to meet old colleagues/friends from all over the world and to make new acquaintances especially if you participate for the first time. A traditional Turkish Dinner is organised at the Military Museum, and the festive Gala Dinner will take place on a Boat on Bosphorus. Read more Further to this there are both exciting technical tours and social tours not to miss. Exhibition and sponsorship Secure your stand at exhibition - the stands are rapidly sold
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NEWS FROM COMMISSIONS
Annual Meeting – FIG Commission 7
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The Annual Meeting of FIG Commission 7 took place in Cartagena,
Colombia. The meeting was combined with the Conference on
Cadastre for Emergencies and Disasters - Challenges and
opportunities for islands and coastlines, which was co-organised
with FIG Commission 9. https://www.fig.net/news/news_2018/01_commission7_meeting.asp |
Commission 3 workshop and Annual Meeting 2017
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Commission 3 workshop and Annual Meeting 2017 held on 27 - 30 November 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal was a great succes. More than seventy members from five different continents participated. https://www.fig.net/news/news_2018/01_commission3_meeting.asp |
NEWS FROM FIG
Africa Regional Network: Challenges and Opportunities in Facing the SDG’s
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Report of the Annual Africa Regional Network Capacity
Development workshop held on 21 - 23rd November 2017 partnering
with ESRI Rwanda and hosted by the Institute of Applied Science-
Ruhengeri.
https://www.fig.net/news/news_2018/01_ARN_meeting.asp |
Visit to Vietnam for the preparations of FIG Working Week 2019
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The Working Week is now taking shape. FIG Vice President Mikael
Lilje and director Louise Friis-Hansen visited the local
organisers of the conference, and met with the Deputy Minister
of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Environment. The logo
element for FIG Working Week 2019 shows the Temple of
Literature, Hanoi. http://www.fig.net/news/news_2017/11_ggim_mexico.asp |
Land Use and Green Development in Rural and Urban development
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Shanghai International Symposium of Land and Future took
place 24-25 November 2017 in Shanghai, China. The sympoisum had
land use and green development in both rural and urban
areas on the agenda and land consolidation. |
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FIG Congress 2018, 6–11 May 2018,
Istanbul, Turkey Web site: www.fig.net/fig2018 |
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FIG Working Week 2019, 22–26 April
2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam Web site: www.fig.net/fig2019 |
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FIG Working Week 2020,
10–14 May 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands Web site: www.fig.net/fig2020 |
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