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Commission 5 Newsletter March-April 2012
FIG Commission 5 and 6 Technical Seminar "Reference
Frame In Practice" - 4-5 May 2012, Rome, Italy
The seminar is seeking operational geodesists or surveyors who are
working with reference frame issues either in a government or commercial
based environment. It is also open to academics that have either a
post-graduate or Masters degree in a surveying or related discipline.
The seminar is organised by IAG (International Association of Geodesy),
FIG (Fédération Internationale des Géomètres) and ICG (International
Committee on GNSS) and is held in association with the FIG Working Week, 6th - 10th
May 2012, Rome, Italy. The workshop will be held at Cassa Geometri.
For general seminar enquiries as well as registration please contact
Mikael Lilje (mikael.lilje@lm.se)
and Rob Sarib (robert.sarib@nt.gov.au).
International Committee on Global Navigation satellite
Systems, Tokyo, Japan, September 2011
General
Assembly for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Earth on
Edge: Science for a
Sustainable Planet June 28 –July 7, Melbourne, Australia
Rob Sarib, Mikael Lilje, Graeme Blick and Allison Kealy participated
in the conference as well as the General Assembly and relevant business
meetings
The third FIG Commissions 5 and 6 Workshop on “Innovative
Technologies for an Efficient Geospatial Management of Earth Resources”
will be held for the first time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 4-8 September
2011.The Workshop is organized by the International Federation of
Surveyors (FIG), Mongolian Association of Geodesy Photogrammetry &
Cartography (MAGP&C) and Siberian State Academy of Geodesy (SSGA).
Commission 5 at the FIG Working Week, May 2011 Marrakech
Morocco
Read about Commission 5 activities at the FIG Working
Week and the Commission 5 working plan for 2011-2014.
3rd International Colloquium - Scientific and
Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme in Copenhagen, Denmark
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and the
Technical University of Denmark is hosting the 3rd Galileo
Science Colloquium in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 31 to
September 2, 2011. The Colloquium focuses on scientific
applications of Galileo (and other global navigation satellite
systems) as well as on sciences which can benefit the future
development of Galileo. This includes topics such as geodesy,
geodynamics, reference frames, atomic clocks, signal
propagation, disaster monitoring, positioning, navigation etc.
Deadline for submission of abstracts has passed April 15, 2011.
Further information and online abstract submission:
http://www.congrex.nl/11A12/
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FIG Commissions 5 and 6
Workshop on “Innovative Technologies for an Efficient Geospatial
Management of Earth Resources” - Blue Bay Recreation Centre,
Zyryanovsky Region, Kazakhstan, 3-7 September 2010
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Participants at the Workshop in Kazakhstan |
FIG Commissions 5 (Positioning and Measurement) and 6
(Engineering Surveys) together with Agency of the Republic of
Kazakhstan for Land Resources Management, D. Serikbaev East
Kazakhstan State Technical University (EKSTU), Siberian State
Academy of Geodesy (SSGA) and Regional Scientific and
Technological Park “Altai” organised a Workshop on “Innovative
Technologies for an Efficient Geospatial Management of Earth
Resources”. The Conference was attended by about 100
participants and contained almost 60 presentations.
Proceedings of the Workshop will be available soon
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Incoming Chair of Commission 5, Mikael Lilje, attends
IGS workshop and Vertical Rates Symposium, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 28
June – 2 July 2010
Commission 5 at the FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010
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Mikael Lilje |
Commission 5 had its annual meeting during the
FIG Congress 2010 in Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010. The
General Assembly appointed Mr. Mikael Lilje from Sweden as
the Chair of Commission 2 for 2011-2014.
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Read about the highlights from FIG Commission 5 2009 activities as
well as a report on 1st Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS, report
on "AuScope" VLBI Project Status and Report on Cost Effective GNSS.
Please also notice the Call for Ideas for FIG Commission 5 Work
Plan 2011-14.
This Commission 5
Report provides an overview of activities at the 7th FIG
Regional Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. FIG Commission 5 coordinated
several technical sessions during the Conference in the areas "Global and Regional Observing Systems and Services",
"GNSS CORS Infrastructure and Standards", and "Asia Pacific Reference Frame".
Please read the report at view the pictures from the conference.
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The International Association of Geodesy (IAG) organised the “Geodesy for
Planet Earth” conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the end of August.
FIG was invited and represented by Mikael Lilje, Chair Elect of Commission 5
(Sweden) and Rob Sarib, Vice Chair of Administration (Australia). This scientific symposium is a biannual IAG
event and attracted approximately 500 delegates from 65
different countries. There were 500 technical / scientific papers submitted and 280 of
them were delivered as oral presentations. The technical program was run in
two parallel sessions with numerous business meetings held in the evenings
outside the ordinary technical program.
Read
more...
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FIG Commissions 5 (Positioning and Measurement) and 6
(Engineering Surveys) together with the Siberian State Academy
of Geodesy (SSGA) organised a Workshop on “Innovative
Technologies for an Efficient Geospatial Management of Earth
Resources” on Lake Baikal in the settlement of Listvyanka,
Russian Federation 23-30 July 2009.
Read more...
Proceedings
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The 2nd International Conference on Machine Control &
Guidance to be held in Bonn, Germany, 9-11 March 2010 is co-sponsored by
FIG Commission 5 and 6.
Web site: www.mcg.uni-bonn.de
First invitation and call for
papers as a .pdf file.
Commission 5
FIG Commission 5 deals with activities concerning the
science of measurement acquisition of accurate, precise and reliable
survey data related to the position, size and shape of natural and
artificial features of the earth and its environment. The Commission is
organised with one Steering
Committee and four Working
Groups.
Chair of FIG Commission 5
Mr. Mikael Lilje
National Land Survey
SE-801 82 Gävle
SWEDEN
Tel. + 46 26 633 742
Fax: +46 26 610 676
E-mail: mikael.lilje@lm.se |
FIG Commission
5 Webmaster
FIG Office
International Federation of Surveyors, FIG
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33
DK-1780 Copenhagen V
DENMARK
e-mail: FIG@fig.net
Tel + 45 3886 1081
Fax + 45 3886 0252 |
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