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Commission 5 Newsletter, March 2010

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.


Commission 5 Newsletter, November 2009 - Report on FIG Regional Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-22 October 2009

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.


Report of Commission 5 Activities at the FIG Working Week 2009 in Eilat, 4-8 May 2009

Commission 5 Annual Meeting was held in Eilat, Israel during the FIG Working Week 2009. Read more:


The Final Report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) on GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM Significant Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Widely Used Capabilities has been released

Commission 5 Newsletter - December 2008

FIG Vice President Matt Higgins attends the Third Meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) - Pasadena, California, USA, 8-12 December 2008

The International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG), met in Pasadena, California, USA, from 8 to 12 December 2008. Vice President Matt Higgins attended representing the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Read more...


Report of Commission 5 Activities at the FIG Working Week 2008 in Stockholm 14-19 June 2008

Commission 5 Annual Meeting was held in Stockholm, Sweden during the FIG Working Week 2008, 14-19 June 2008. Read more:


Vice President Matt Higgins attends Munich Satellite Navigation Summit - Munich, Germany, 19-21 February 2008

FIG Vice President Matt Higgins attends the Second Meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) hosted by the Indian Space Research Organisation in Bangalore, India, 4 to 7 September, 2007

Commission 5 Newsletter - December 2007

Commission 5 Newsletter - October 2007

Commission Chair Rudolf Staiger attends the 24th General Assembly of IUGG in Perugia, Italy, 2-13 July 2007

Commission 5 Newsletter - June-July 2007

Report of Commission 5 Activities at the FIG Working Week 2008 in Stockholm 14-19 June 2008

Commission 5 Annual Meeting was held in Stockholm, Sweden during the FIG Working Week 2008, 14-19 June 2008. Read more:


Vice President Matt Higgins attends the Munich Navigation Summit 2007 - Munich, Germany, 6-8 March 2007

Letter to Commission delegates from Prof. Rudolf Staiger, Chair of Commission 5 (2006-2010) and draft Commission Work Plan 2007-2010

FIG Congress in Munich, Germany, 8-13 October 2006

First Meeting of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG), Vienna, Austria, 1-2 November 2006

FIG Publication # 37 - FIG Guide on the Development of a Vertical Reference Surface for Hydrography

New Commission 5 Position and Measurement website - Reference Frame in Practice

Surf your way to the new Commission 5 Position and Measurement website - "Reference Frame in Practice" - http://www.fig.net/commission5/wg52/.

This website wants you to interact with your colleagues by visiting this website regularly and for you to contribute relevant reference frame information to this website. Any interesting and emerging reference frame news, issues or topics are welcomed OR even feedback on how to improve this site….. so please visit this web portal and email your suggestions or comments to our Commission 5 representatives mikael.lilje@lm.se and robert.sarib@nt.gov.au.


New web site for Commission 5 Sub Group 5.3.3 - GNSS Developments and Modernization (2002-2006)

FIG Working Week in Cairo, 16-21 April 2005

Report on the UN/USA International Meeting on the Use and Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - Hosted by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, Austria, 13 to 17 December 2004

Report of the meeting on the use and applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) hosted by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN OOSA) and also supported by the State Department of the USA. The meetings arise from recommendations of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space (COPUOS), as ratified by the General Assembly of the UN. Matt Higgins, Chair of Commission 5 attended the 2004 meeting representing FIG.


FIG Working Week in Athens, 22-27 May 2004

Prof. Rudolf Staiger from Germany was appointed by the General Assembly in Athens as the Chair Elect of Commission 5 for 2004-2006. He will be the chair of the commission 2006-2010. He is Professor at the Fachbereich Vermessungswesen, Labor für Geodätische Messtechnik at the University of Essen.

 


New web site for Commission 5 Sub Group 5.3.3 - GNSS Developments and Modernization

United Nations/United States of America International Workshop on The Use and Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems - 8-12 December 2003, Vienna, Austria by Matt Higgins, Chair of FIG Commission 5

The Workshop Programme and Presentations are available at:
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SAP/gnss/joint2003/presentations/index.html


Report of the FIG Regional Conference and Minutes of the Steering Committee of Commission 5 - December 2-5, 2003, Marrakech, Morocco

7th South East Asian Survey Congress, Hong Kong, SAR China, November 2003 - Report by Matt Higgins, Chair of FIG Commission 5

Draft Work Plan for Working Group on Low Cost Surveying Technology and Techniques for Developing Countries (A Joint Working Group of Commissions 3, 5 and 7)

FIG Working Week and 125th Anniversary - Paris 13-17 April 2003

Commission 5 gets a new Vice Chair of Administration

Mr Robert Sarib, Manager of Survey Services from Dept. Infrastructure, Planning & Environment from Darwin, Australia has been appointed to Vice Chair of Administration of Commission 5. Rob can be reached by email: robert.sarib@nt.gov.au

 


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