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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – December 2018 |
Dear Colleague,
Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2019 and welcome to the December issue
of FIG Newsletter. The end of 2018 marks a larger change in FIG. President
Chryssy Potsiou and her team in Council with the chairs of all commissions,
networks, task forces, permanent institutions and FIG Foundation all all
other volunteers have now served a full term. Their journey started in January 2015 and
has now, on 31 December 2018 come to an end. A heartfelt thanks to all volunteers who have put in
many many hours of work during these four years to serve the International
surveying community.
January 2019 is the time to welcome a new leadership with President Rudolf
Staiger in the lead, and his new team of chairs and volunteers.
In this issue of the FIG Newsletter you can read more about the upcoming FIG
Working Week in Hanoi, Vietnam - it is now time to register if you want to
make use of the early bird rate, sign up for the free ESRI/FIG webinar, read
reports from visits, and
check the project possibilities...
FIG News
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New Year and Thank You Greeting from President Chryssy Potsiou for the term 2015-2018As we have approached the end of 2018, which coincides with the end
of my presidency in the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG),
I wish to thank each one of you for being part of this experience. |
Article of the Month
Each month on the FIG web site we publish a paper called the Article of the Month.
December 2018: A
planning model to incorporate socially-based tenure principles into
mainstream planning. by David Goodwin and James Berghan, New Zealand
This paper was presented at the FIG Congress in Istanbul, Turkey in May
2018. The paper focuses on socially-based tenure. The best-planned housing
developments, may nonetheless fail as viable communities. A possible
contributing factor is the manner in which individualised tenure systems
tend to divorce land rights from social responsibilities. Recognising this,
some Māori planning initiatives in New Zealand have sought to re-introduce
key communal or socially-based tenure principles to the planning equation.
FIG Working Week 2019 - Registration has opened
The FIG Working Week will be the major event in 2019 in the global community of surveying and geospatial professionals. It is organised by FIG - International Federation of Surveyors and VGCR - Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing. The main objective of the FIG Working Week is to bring together experts from academia, governments/public administration and industry to report on recent developments, trends and research results.
Register now
To secure your early bird rate register now for this grand event.
Register for tthe main conference with a comprensive technical programme
consisting of plenary and technical sessions, forums, special meetings and
much more. Three pre-events start the Working Week - on BIM, on Reference
Frame in Practice and a Young Surveyors meeting. It is also possible to
register for these events in the registration form. If you would rather want
to explore Vietnam the pre- and post-tours gives you a splendid opportunity
to learn more about this beautiful and wonderful country. Finally, do not
miss the social events. Included in your registration fee is the Cultural
Evening, supported by FIG Foundation and Trimble.
Learn more about all the many activities during the FIG Working Week 2019:
www.fig.net/fig2019
Secure your stand at the exhibtion
FIG Working Week
2019 will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam at the Vietnam National Convention
Center. Each conference day will consist of one plenary session with
specially invited key note speakers and technical sessions. An exhibition
showcasing the latest trends and developments will take place in parallel.
The exhibition is located in the hallways outside the
session rooms where refreshments will also be served,
which will give a unique opportunity to meet with all
participants. Check your sponsorship and exhibition
possibilities:
http://fig.net/fig2019/exhibition.htm
The theme of the conference is Geospatial information for a smarter life and environmental resilience. Focus will be on tackling the climate changes by working towards a smarter life both through the development of smart cities and also in rural areas. Spatial information, big data, surveying, BIM, land administration and much more are essential factors in this development.
Do not miss this premier event of 2019. Read more at: www.fig.net/fig2019
FIG Activities and visits
FIG at United nations World Geospatial Information Congress
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At the UN-GGIM inagural congress,UNWGIC, FIG was represented by President Potsiou, Incoming President Rudolf Staiger, Vice President Mikael Lilje and Chair of FIG Asia/Pacific Capacity Development Network, Rob Sarib. FIG was involved in several activites during the congress and had also the possibility to pay a visit to Wuhan University: |
Report from FIG Asia/Pacific Capacity Development Network
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Chair of FIG Asia/Pacific Capacity Building Network, Rob Sarib attended UNWGIC in Deqing, China. The highlight session for FIG APCDN was “Operationalizing the UN Integrated Geospatial Information Framework”. |
Working Week 2021 in Accra Ghana - preparation visit
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FIG Vice President Diane Dumashie and Director Louise Friis-Hansen visited the lively and nice city of Accra, Ghana for the preparations for the Working Week 2021. |
FIG Young Surveyors African Meeting
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On 16 October 2018 Young Surveyors from Africa met in Botzwana
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Project opportunities
GOVERNMENT OF ANGUILLA - PROCUREMENT NOTICE
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The Department of
Lands and Surveys (DLS) intends to apply a budgetary allocation
to payments under a contract for Acquisition and Implementation
of a Land Information System (LIS). The LIS will replace the
current paper based Land Administration System with a modern web
enabled LIS to securely record and facilitate all lands based
transactions. Providing an on-line LIS for electronic
conveyancing, archiving, Crown Lands Management, Surveying,
Valuation and Land Registration. DLS invites sealed Request for
Proposals from eligible bidders for the Acquisition and
Implementation of a Land Information System, as defined within
the bidding documents. The contract period is for 18 (eighteen)
months with the option of extension at the discretion of
Government of Anguilla. |
From our Corporate Members
FIG/ESRI Webinar - sign up today
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ESRI/FIG Free Webinar on Modernizing Land Administration Systems
will take place: |
News from Commissions
Commission 7: Seasons greetings: http://fig.net/organisation/comm/7/activities/newsletters/2018_christmas_greetings.pdf
FIG Foundation Grants for 2019
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Details of the FIG Foundation Academic Grant and PhD Scholarship
2019 competitions are now available. Please check the two introduction videos in which Mike Barry, board member of FIG Foundation, and Eva-Maria Unger, Chair of FIG Young Surveyors inform about how to apply. http://fig.net/news/news_2018/foundationgrants_2019.asp |
Events
2019
ESRI/FIG Webinar on Modernizing Land Administration Systems
10 January 2019 at 11:00 a.m. ET, Webinar
With the availability of out-of-the-box solutions, many organizations are
modernizing their cadastral systems. Keeping data current and accurate,
implementing 3D capabilities, and maintaining data security while providing
access to stakeholders are ongoing challenges that new GIS tools overcome.
Modern Web GIS breaks down barriers; improves security; easily scales; and
delivers new, advanced parcel mapping and data management capabilities. This
webinar will show you the advantages of modern, open, standards-based COTS
GIS technology and how to get starte
Information on registration for this free webinar will follow soon. Check
FIG web site: www.fig.net
FIG Working Week 2019
Web site
15-17 May 2019, Athens, Greece
4th Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring, organised
by The School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of the National Technical
University of Athens (NTUA) in cooperation with FIG and IAG.
Web site: www.jisdm2019.survey.ntua.gr
Invitation (pdf)
June 4-6, 2019, Fredericton, New-Brunswick, Canada
Joint 40th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing & Geomatics Atlantics 2019
“Remote Sensing and Geomatics – Common Perspectives and NewSpace”
Website: https://crss-sct.ca/conferences/csrs-2019/
15-18 August 2019, Darwin, Australia
South East Asia Survey Congress (SEASC). Organised by ASEAN Flag Surveying
Nations and SSSI, Australia, supported by FIG
Web site: www.seasc2019darwin.com.au/
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Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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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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