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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – August/September 2020 |
Dear Colleague,
Do not miss the upcoming FIG Commission events: Next week, Commission 1 on Professional Standards and Practice is holding both face-to-face and virtual event, and you can still register. Check also the online Commission 7 event 20-22 October with the theme: Building community resilience: Urban-rural land linkages and strategies to deal with COVID-19. In this newsletter please find a selection of news items hereunder the call for nominations for Commission Chairs, commission newsletters and news, information on national happenings celebrating surveyors day, FIG and GLTN acitivites, and please mark the dates 21-25 June 2021 for the next FIG Working Week. Enjoy!
Article of the Month
Each month on FIG web site you can find a special selected paper called "FIG Article of the Month".
September 2020: Blended Learning in Support of Life-long Learning for Surveyors by David Mitchell, Australia; Winnie Shiu, Hong Kong Sar; Stig Enemark, Denmark; and James Kavanagh, United Kingdom. While blended learning is challenging to implement it offers many benefits and, when carefully developed, provides a range of learning options that suit many student learning styles and approaches. The benefits in blended learning for life-long learning is enhanced if education institutions, government, industry and professional institutions work together to develop online learning opportunities.
August 2020: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Topographical Mapping of Inaccessible Land Areas in Ghana: A Cost-Effective Approach by Naa Lamkai Quaye-Ballard, Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi and Jonathan Quaye-Ballard, Ghana This paper examines the suitability and accuracy of a topographical survey conducted with the combination of RTK-GPS instrument and a consumer grade UAV at an inaccessible tailings dam at Osino in the Eastern Region of Ghana
FIG Working Week 2021 - Save the Dates
Even though we are still dealing with the impact of COVID-19 on our daily lives, we want to look forward and to ensure we have an opportunity to meet. FIG and the Dutch Local Organizing Committee are happy to welcome you again in the Netherlands for the FIG Working Week 2021. Some of you may think, “but was it not Ghana this year”? You are right, but the Ghanaian local organizers have generously offered the Dutch to take over the Working Week in 2021.
FIG Working Week 2021 will be different. We face the challenge to take the impact of the global pandemic into account including all its uncertainties. We are looking for new and more flexible ways to organize a successful event. Most important is that we meet each other, talk, network, share knowledge, have fruitful discussions and enjoy. So that we become inspired by our peers and the developments in our profession. This is what you can expect in the Netherlands during the FIG Working Week 2021, from Monday 21 to Friday 25 of June, in the historical town of Utrecht in the central part of the Netherlands.
The theme for FIG Working Week 2021 will be the same as for the Working Week 2020 - however with an addition to reflect the impact of COVID-19 and other potential challenges to our profession:
Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management
Challenges in a New Reality
FIG Working Week 2021 is shaping up and more information will follow.
For now - save the dates 21-25 June 2021 - and we will be looking forward to
seeing you in Utrecht, Netherlands.
www.fig.net/fig2021
NEWS FROM FIG
Call for Nominations for Chairs Elects for the 10 FIG Commissions
The current Commission Chairs at the FIG Working Week 2019 |
All member associations are encouraged to consider if you have a
qualified candidate. Read more about the nomination and the
commissions. |
Opening of the 11th Training Summer School in Naples Italy
FIG President Rudolf Staiger, Maria Scorza and Enrico Rispoli connect with John Hohol, President of FIG Foundation |
Despite COVID-19 challenges our Italian colleagues decided to hold
this workshop including young colleagues and students from Romania,
Turkey, Bulgaria and Italy. FIG President Rudolf Staiger attended
the opening. Read more |
FIG and GLTN-International Professional Bodies Cluster activities
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FIG, as cluster co-lead, is heavily involved in the GLTN cluster
activities. This report gives you a short overview of the
activities, aims and progress |
FIG Annual Review 2019
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Join us in this review of some of all the many tasks, achievements
and acitivites of FIG during 2019. |
NEWS FROM MEMBERS
Global Surveyors Day
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The Global Surveyors Day that was initiated by NSPS and CLGE and endorsed by FIG is being celebrated around the world; not only on 21 March but also when it fits to a national schedule. FIG has with thanks received a letter from Iran where a celebration took place on 3 September 2020. If you have a scheduled or planned activity please let us know. It is our hope that ideas and experiences will be exchanged among FIG members. See letter from Iran and read more |
NEWS FROM COMMISSIONS
Events
FIG Commission 1: Professional Standards and Practice
Commission 1 will host a workshop on Professional Standards and Practice
of Surveying and Mapping in the Countries along the Belt and Road Routes in
Deqing in China from 16 to 18 September 2020. Due to
COVID-19, the workshop will run both on-site and on-line.
Register now
FIG Commission 7: Cadastre and Land Management
The Commission 7 Annual Meeting will be held online with the theme: Building community resilience: Urban-rural land linkages and strategies to deal with COVID-19. Sessions are planned in several languages and in three different time zones. See overall programme
News
- Commission 2: University of Glasgow's response to the COVID19 crisis and the impact on teaching Geospatial Science and Surveying
- Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management - Newsletter August 2020
- Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development - Newsletter August 2020
- Commission 10: BIM Insight Paper
- Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring JISDM 2019: Proceedings available
Events
7-11 September 2020, Beijing, China
GTC Week 2020 (GIS Software Technology Conference 2020). Organised by
SuperMap The conference will be held both physically and digitally. The
conference venue will be expanded from Beijing to more core cities, and
duration extended to 5 days.
Website:
https://www.supermap.com/en-us/news/?38_2799.html
14-18 September 2020, Timisoara, Romania
Romanian Surveyors Week
16-18 September 2020, Deqing, Zhejiang Province, China
FIG Commisison 1 Workshop: Professional Standards and Practice of Surveying
and Mapping in the countries along the Belt and Road Routes Organised by FIG
Commission 1 jointly with the People's Government of Deqing County, China
Website: http://fig.deqingforum.com/meeting/welcome.html
25-27 September 2020, Qingdao, Shangdong Province, China
CHINTERGEO 2020
Website: www.chintergeo.com
12-15 October 2020, Vancouver, Canada
YII2020 - The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, Organised by Bentley
Systems, supported by FIG.
Intergeo - has been changed to INTERGEO 2020 DIGITAL
Register to attend digitally.
Web site: www.intergeo.de
20-22 October 2020 Online
FIG Commission 7 annual meeting
Web site:
https://www.fig.net/organisation/comm/7
5-6 November 2020, Delft, The Netherlands
23rd ICA Workshop on Map Generalisation and Multiple Representation
(ICAgen2020). The event will either take place entirely at the venue, or
partly at the venue and partly online (hybrid), or fully online. Deadline
for the submission of abstract is 24 August 2020.
Web site: http://varioscale.bk.tudelft.nl/events/icagen2020/
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FIG Working Week 2021, the
Netherlands Web site: www.fig.net/fig2021 |
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FIG Congress 2022, Cape Town,
South Africa 15-20 May 2022 |
FIG Working Week 2023, Orlando, Florida, USA
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