Welcome

"I breath the air coming from your mouth
And thinking everyday about your beauty
And I wish to hear your sweet voice
Which looks like the north wind
The love will return the youth to me
Give me your hands, which hold my soul
And I will hold and live with it
Call my name once more and forever
Your call will ever stay without response"

- A prayer found on golden plate under mummies
and the name of the writer was removed

Perhaps no other country in the world offers its guests such a harmonious blend of the past and present as Egypt. Egypt is the cradle of history and human culture, for this the country where papyrus was discovered revealing a civilization which bears witness to man's resourcefulness and ingenuity. Today, as it it was thousands of years ago, Egypt is a land of learning, where visitors contemplate and enjoy in awe, remnants of pharonic, Coptic, and Islamic eras. Across the country a unique travel opportunity is here to be seized, and as tourists explore museums, temples and tombs, mosques and churches, diverse natural resources of immense beauty, concerts and folkloric shows, Nile cruises, shopping in 800 years old bazaars, a whole world of joy and fulfilment opens up and makes their visit a rewarding and unforgettable experience all this among, warm and friendly people.

We look for welcoming the participants to the FIG Working Week 2005 and and the 8th International Conference for Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI-8) in Cairo in April 2005.

Dr. Eng. Ahmed Fouad El-Sheikh Chair of the Organising Committee and President of ECSM	Eng. M. Hisham Nasr Vice Chair of the Organising Committee and Chairman of ESA	Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel President of FIG	Dr. Mukund Rao President of GSDI

Go to on-line registration on this web site

You can also register by sending the registration form  to the FIG Office, email: fig@fig.net. or by fax to FIG Office, fax + 45 3886 0252.

• Final programme as .pdf-file 2 April 2005
• Hotel booking forms: Please book in time - hotels are getting full
  • Semiramis Intercontinental - only Club rooms and suites left
  • All other hotels
• 2nd Announcement and final call for papers as a .pdf-file
• Invitation in Arabic
• Registration form in (.pdf-format), please ask from the FIG office
• Guidelines for authors
• Template for preparing the paper (.doc-format)
• Template for preparing the paper (.dot-format)
• Form for key words (Surveyors Reference Library) (.doc-format)
• Form for key words (Surveyors Reference Library) (.pdf-format)
• Opportunities for sponsors and exhibitors

Special events

• Pre-conference workshop - Standards into Action
• Pre-conference workshop - Virtual Academy and the Surveying/Geoinformatics Community
• Pre-conference workshop - An Intergraph vision, technology and implementation seminar
• Pre-conference workshop - ESRI Seminar - GIS: The Business of National Mapping
• ISCGM Seminars - GLOBAL MAPPING – Global Geo-information for Sustainable Development
• Water/Geo Information Clearinghouse Development and Management Workshop organised by UN ECA - 14-17 April - registration form
• TT-5 and TT-6 have been CANCELLED