Working Group 4.2 - Standards and Guidelines
Policy issues
- Assist in the development and recognition of standards of competency
- Assist in the development of technical standards and guidelines .
- Cooperation with sister organizations and other appropriate bodies.
- Cooperation with FIG Commissions
Chair
Specific project(s)
- Present and promote the use of standards and guidelines to the surveying
community
- Review Standards coming from ISO TC211 for relevance to Hydrography
- Assess the impact of international standards on current industry practice
- Represent Commission 4 on the FIG Standards Network (Commission 1)
- Provide a review of the IHO New Manual of Hydrography
- Promote recognition of professional pathways
Workshop(s)
- Participation in FIG Standards Network Meetings and other major Commission
events (see events section below).
Publication(s)
- FIG Working Weeks will include Technical Papers and/or reports to the FIG
Standards Network on emerging standards, guidelines and specific issues.
- Ongoing contribution to the maintenance of the FIG Guide on
Standardisation.
- Review of the IHO New Manual of Hydrography.
Timetable
- Ongoing work will be reported FIG Working Weeks during the term of this
plan and according to a timetable to be developed by the Working Group
Chair.
- Review IHO New Manual of Hydrography by May 2007
- Working group to present a final report at FIG Congress, 2010.
Beneficiaries
- FIG Standards Network
- Sister organizations and other (national) agencies.
- FIG member associations, surveyors in industry and government, academia.
- Instrumentation and software producers.
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