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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).
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
Commission 5 at the FIG Working Week, May 2011 Marrakech
Morocco
Reports from FIG Working week 2011 in 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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Read the final newsletter from Commission 5 for the
period 2007-2010. Please find information about Commission 5 at the
Working Week 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco, reports from recent events,
relevant news and articles, read the work plan for Commission 5 for the
term 2011-2014 as well as the "last words" from Commission Chair Rudolf
Staiger.
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
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.
Commission 5 Annual Meeting was held in Eilat, Israel
during the FIG Working Week 2009. Read more:
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...
Commission 5 Annual Meeting was held in Stockholm, Sweden
during the FIG Working Week 2008, 14-19 June 2008. Read more:
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 Annual Meeting was held in Stockholm, Sweden
during the FIG Working Week 2008, 14-19 June 2008. Read more:
FIG Congress in Munich, Germany, 8-13 October 2006
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.
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.
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
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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