Working Group 5.1 - Standards, Quality Assurance and Calibration
Policy Issues
- Influence the development of standards affecting positioning and
measurement instruments and methods, in collaboration with the FIG task
force on standards and through participation in the relevant technical
committees (TCs) of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and other
appropriate bodies.
- Acceptance controls, quality assurance and certification and their impact
on the surveying profession.
- Checking and calibration of measuring instruments.
- Assist other Commission Working Groups to implement Standards from ISO
TC211 as appropriate.
Chair and Members
Chair
Core members
- Helmut Woschitz (USA)
- Hans Heister (Germany)
Reference Group Members
- Jean M. Rueger (Australia)
- James Kavanagh (RICS, United Kingdom)
- Takao Seto (Japan)
Specific project(s)
- Present and promote the use of standards and guidelines to the surveying
community.
- Establish guidelines and recommendations for the checking and
determination of field accuracy of total stations, digital levels, laser
planes, etc and for their calibration, including lab calibration.
- Review the situation with GPS/GNSS in relation to Standards, Quality
Assurance and Calibration.
- Develop guidelines and recommendations relating to the ISO Guide to
Uncertainty of Measurements.
- Review Standards coming from ISO TC211 for relevance to Positioning and
Measurement.
- Represent Commission 5 on the FIG Standards Network (led by Commission 1).
Workshop(s)
- Participation in FIG Working Weeks and other major Commission events (see
events section below) with dedicated Technical Sessions and/or Workshops as
appropriate.
- Participation in appropriate events of Sister Associations, ISO etc
related to Standards, Quality Assurance and Calibration.
Publication(s)
- FIG Working Weeks will include Technical Papers on specific issues and
presented by Working Group Members and other invited experts.
- Continue publication of the series of Guidelines on Surveying Instruments;
including publication on the Commission web page.
- Working group final report will be presented at FIG Congress, 2006.
Timetable
- Draft publications will be presented at FIG Working Weeks during the term
of this plan and according to a timetable to be developed by the Working
Group Chair.
- Working group final report: dedicated session, FIG Congress, 2006.
Beneficiaries
- FIG member associations, manufacturers and users of survey equipment,
governments, standardisation organisations, decision makers, GIS developers
and users, surveying businesses, individual surveyors.
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