TACKLING THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES

FIG represents the interests of surveyors worldwide
FIG was founded in 1878 and is a United Nations and World Bank recognized non-governmental organization of national member associations, cadastral and mapping agencies and ministries, universities and corporates from over 120 countries. FIG covers the whole range of professional fields within the global surveying community, hereunder surveying, cadastre, valuation, mapping, geodesy, hydrography, geospatial, and quantity surveyors and provides an international forum for discussion and development aiming to promote professional practice and standards.
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Main FIG Conferences

Accra, Ghana 19-24 May

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CALL FOR PAPERS


FIG WORKING WEEK 2025
6-10 April

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FIG Congress 2026
Cape Town, South Africa

FIG Working Week 2027
23-27 May 2027
Stavanger Norway

FIG Working Week  2028 and
150th Anniversary

Paris France

Other FIG Events



FIG Regional Conference 2024
14-16 November 2024,
Kathmandu, Nepal
www.fig.net/nepal2024


Com 9 Workshop
Challenges and Innovations in Property Valuation through AVMs
24-25 April 2024, Pafos Cyprus
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Library

FIG Publication No. 81

Enhancing Surveying Education through Blended Learning

FIG Commission 2 - Professional Education FIG Report 2023
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FIG Publication No. 80

FIG Publication no. 80 - FIG Guide: Digital transformation and land administration - Sustainable practices from the UNECE region and beyond, published by FAO, UN and FIG

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the FAO, UNECE and FIG fostered dialogue between countries using webinars to capture experiences and the key lessons. That knowledge forms the basis for what is presented here. The publication delivers country- level perspectives using case materials drawn mainly from the UNECE region. Read more...

FIG Publication No. 79

FIG Publication no. 79 - FIG Report: Land Consolidation - The Fundamentals to Guide Practice

This publication is published by FIG Commission 8 Land consolidation is a specialised land policy instrument, which has already been on the agenda within the FIG community for a long time. Now, we decided to bundle the available international experiences, insights, and knowledge into a FIG publication. It is my great pleasure to present this land consolidation publication to you. Read more...

FIG Publication No. 78

FIG Publication no. 78 - FIG Report: Geospatial Data in the 2020s - Transformative Power and Pathways to Sustainabililty

This Commission 3 publication sheds light on several areas where geospatial data can be particularly useful in supporting the path to sustainability in the 2020s, for spatial land use planning and health monitoring, with data collection through voluntary geographic information, with attention to diversity and inclusion, and by providing information on property, including property values Read more...

FIG 2023 Proceedings

"Protecting our World, Conquering New Frontiers” FIG Working Week 2023 Proceedings

FIG Peer Review Journal

Since 2008 it has been possible to offer a conference paper for a peer-review, an opportunity that about 10% of presenters take advantage of. The accepted papers that have been presented at a major FIG conference are included in the FIG Peer Review Journal.
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FIG Surveyors Reference Library

The library is a shortcut to all papers from FIG Congresses, Working Weeks and other FIG events, as well as so-called recommended papers that are specially selected by the ten FIG commissions. Read more...

FIG Article of the Month, Jan/Feb 2024 - Dimitrios BOLKAS, Matthew O’BANION, Jeffrey CHIAMPI, and Jordan LAUGHLIN, USA: Collaborative Virtual Reality for Surveying Education
Most Recent News
Invitation to COBGI2024 event in Croatia

FIG Commission 3 invites to Challenges and Opportunities in BIM and GIS Integration - COBGI2024. Call for papers deadline 25 March...

FIG Mentoring Programme for Africa 2024

The FIG Mentoring Programme for Africa 2024 (FIG Foundation, YSAN, and ARN) is calling for mentors and mentees to apply to join the programme.

Call for submission of case studies for the Annex of the World Cities Report 2024

GLTN is inviting its partners, herunder FIG, for contributions to UN-Habitats World Cities Report 2024 &n...

Publication of the first part of LADM Edition II

The Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) aligns the data model with an ISO standardised global vocabulary for land administration, and was...

Invitation to: Workshop on Challenges and Innovations in Property Valuation through AVMs

FIG Commission 9 on Valuation organises this workshop on 24-25 April in Cyprus - register now.  ...

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FIG is dedicated to promote the SDG’s
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What is VCSP?

... the Volunteer Community Surveyor Programme
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Latest Releases

> Annual Review 2021-22
> History of Surveying
> FIG Pub 80 - Digital transformation and land administration
> FIG Pub 81 - Enhancing Surveying Education through Blended Learning

FIG Young Surveyors Network
 
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Meeting the President General Assembly 2024

Dr. Diane Dumashie was elected President at the General Assembly in September 2022

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Interview with Diane in GIM Magazine June 2023: Partnership and people in the surveying community

The General Assembly  2024 will take place on 19 and 23 May 2024 in Accra Ghana as part of the FIG Working Week. All members are invited. At the General Assembly there will be election of two new vice presidents.

General Assembly 2023 took place in Orlando, Florida in May 2023:

Council Work Plan for the term 2023-2026.

FIG Members Article of the Month

FIG has five different levels of membership and two levels of honorary membership. Through different membership categories 121 countries are represented in FIG. The membership categories are:

- Member Associations
- Affiliates
- Corporate Members
- Academic Members
- Correspondents
- Honorary Presidents
- Honorary Members

Members

FIG publishes each month the FIG Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topic to all surveyors.

The article of the month in January/February 2024 is written by Dimitrios BOLKAS, Matthew O’BANION, Jeffrey CHIAMPI, and Jordan LAUGHLIN, USA: Collaborative Virtual Reality for Surveying Education. A peer-reviewed paper published and presented at the FIG Working Week 2023 in Orlando, Florida presenting virtual reality implementations, the first assessment results of collaborative learning and evaluates the role of collaborative virtual reality to enhance student learning and support surveying education.  Read the paper

Other Newsletters

Commission 8 Newsletter
February 2024

Commission 7 Newsletter
December 2023

Commission 10 Newsletter
November 2023

Commission 7 Newsletter November 2023 

Commission 7 Newsletter October 2023 

 

News from FIG Council

FIG Council invites members to the General Assembly 2024 that will take place on 19 and 23 May 2024 in Accra Ghana


FIG Council establishes new network. Read more