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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – December 2019/January 2020 |
Dear Colleague,
First of all, the very best wishes for a Happy New Year, and a prosperous 2020. We do hope that 2020 will bring many good and interesting moments for you - one of them being the FIG Working Week 2020. We hope to see you in May in Amsterdam - read more in this newsletter about the many and different offers you will be exposed to during the Working Week, hereunder the very special pre-events that offer a variety of topics and specialist knowledge, and the technical tours that are specifically prepared to you by the local Dutch organisers. FIG Foundation announces several grants, one to attend the Working Week and Young Surveors Conference, a Ph.D. Scholarship, and an Academic Research Grants. Please check the requirements carefully.
Article of the Month
Each month on FIG web site you can find a special selected paper called "FIG Article of the Month".
December 2019
The article of the month December 2019 is written by Christiaan Lemmen and
Peter Van Oosterom, The Netherlands, Abdullah Kara, Turkey, Eftychia
Kalogianni, Greece, Anna Shnaidman, Israel, Agung Indrajit, Indonesia,
Abdullah Alattas, Saudi Arabia: The
scope of LADM revision is shaping-up. The Land Administration Domain
Model (LADM) has been ISO standard for the past 7 years and is now
undergoing a review. This paper was presented at the 8th FIG Workshop on
LADM, October 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and reports on the background,
the development of Edition II, and the initial stage of the revision process
where FIG Commissions 7 ‘Cadastre and Land Management’, 8 ‘Spatial Planning
and Development’, and 9 ‘Valuation and the Management of Real Estate’; as
well as ISO/TC211; IHO and OGC cooperate.
Read the article
January 2020
The Article of the Month January 2020 is written by Edi Meier, Inma
Gutiérrez, Marco Baumann, Max Bosshard And Rainer Heeb, Switzerland: Detection
of Service Pipes and the Risk of Collapsing Sinkholes at the Lake of
Constance in Switzerland Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). This
paper was presented at the FIG Working Week 2019 in Vietnam. The paper
describes how Ground Penetrating Radar is used to document the present
underground condition of the water front of the harbour promenade in Arbon
(Lake of Constance) in Switzerland. This nondestructive method gives as a
result images of the subsurface structures as well as of installations like
service pipes.
Read the article
FIG Working Week 2020, 10-14 May 2020 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
FIG and the Local Organisers from the Netherlands welcome you to Amsterdam. FIG Working Week 2020 will be an exciting event with several pre and post events, three packed conference days, interesting technical tours and of course our special social events.
The FIG Working Week 2020 in Amsterdam is addressing the following overall theme:
Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management
This theme is relevant both for the Netherlands and internationally in a world where drinking water is a scarce resource, waste water needs to be recycled rather than seen as waste, where the sea needs to be better mapped and managed, where land resources need to be protected against sea-level rise, and where land-based fresh water habitats are threatened.
The technical programme will offer you a varied selection of sessions and presentations within all fields of surveying that are covered by the 10 FIG Commissions. Institutional Partners of the Working Week are UN-GGIM, UN-Habitat/GLTN and FAO.
Pre-events
The Working Week is not only consisting of a technical programme during the three conference days 11-13 May 2020. Also pre- and post-events are offered to give you extra possibility for absorption in one of the following topics:
- Scaling Up – Fit For Purpose Land Administration (9-10 May)
- Surveying and BIM Classroom (9 May)
- Plastic Mapathon - hackaton focusing on finding innovative ways to map plastic & Plastic Survey (9-10 May)
- Parcel Management Solution - by Esri (10 May)
and - 5th Young Surveyors Conference (9-10 May)
Post-event
- A comprehensive tour: Dutch land- and water management - Water management on land - How water shaped spatial planning and development in the Netherlands (14 May)
http://fig.net/fig2020/other_pre-post_events.htm
Technical tours
In parallel with the technical programme during the three conference days you can sign up for technical tours which give you a unique possibility to learn more about and explore the host country in a way you would not be able to as a tourist. The following tours are planned (pre-registration is needed, there is limited number of seatss available and all tours are based on a minimum number of participants)). These tours will show you around both in Amsterdam, e.g. at the port of Amsterdam, expand your horizons at GeoFort, visit Geodan a Dutch geo-information company, learn about the Delft Railway Area project and other special tours. See all tours: http://fig.net/fig2020/techtours.htm
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Exhibition and Sponsorship opportunities
Secure your stand at the exhibition and be visible with the sponsorship opportunities. The exhibition will take place in the break and catering areas ensuring a constant flow of participants.
The Working Week Web Site: www.fig.net/fig2020
FIG Foundation grants - note the deadlines
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FIG Foundation has four open grants - before applying please check the requirements carefully:
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NEWS FROM FIG
14th Meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG-14)
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Suelynn Choy who represented FIG reports from the meeting that took
place 9-13 December 2019 in Bangalore, India.
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FIG Young Surveyors Regional Events
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During the second half of 2019 two Young Surveyors regional events
were held - in Europe and in Africa.
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CASLE Golden Jubilee Conference 2019: "The surveying profession; past, present and future"
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FIG Vice President Dr Diane Dumashie attended the CASLE Golden
Jubilee Conference held in London, on 12th and 13th September 2019.
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Seminar on geospatial information, ecological environment and sustainable developments
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Suelynn Choy who represented FIG reports from the meeting that took place 9-13 December 2019 in Bangalore, India.On 15-16 December 2019, experts met in the city of Deqing, China, for a meeting on geospatial information, ecological environment and sustainable development. Hans Ni from China reports. Read more |
FIG ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to two new FIG Members
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At its meeting on 17 January 2020, FIG Council approved Carlson
Software as FIG Corporate Member
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Jobs
New job opportunities at Aalto University, and invitation for proposals for Group on Earth Observations. More info
Events
1-4 April 2020, Dubrovnik, Croatia
INGEO Conference, held together with the Symposium on Engineering Geodesy
(SIG), supported by FIG Commission 6 - Engineering Surveying Web site: http://ingeo-sig2020.hgd1952.hr/
10-14 May 2020 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2-4 June 2020, Bydgoszcz, Poland
28th SCEgeo Conference "Surveying, Civil Engineering, Geoinformation in
Sustainable Development"organised by UTP University of Science and
Technology Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture
Association of Polish Surveyors, Branch in Bydgoszcz. Supported by FIG
Commission 6 Web site: http://scegeo.utp.edu.pl
30 August-5 September 2020, Bern, Switzerland
FIG Commisison 7 Annual Meeting Organised by Commission 7 and Federal Office
of Topography swisstopo Save the date
14-18 September 2020, Timisoara, Romania
Romanian Surveyors Week
13-15 October 2020,
Berlin, Germany
Intergeo. Get complimentary entrance ticket to the fair
through FIG.
Web site: www.intergeo.dee
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Director
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FIG Working Week 2020,
10–14 May 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands Web site: www.fig.net/fig2020 |
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FIG Working Week 2021, 24-28
May 2021, Accra, Ghana Web site: www.fig.net/fig2021 |
FIG Congress 2022, Cape Town, South Africa
FIG Working Week 2023, Orlando, Florida, USA
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