Reference Frames in Practise Seminar
The Technical Seminar on Reference Frames in
Practice was held in Orlando 27-28 May 2023 as a
pre-event to the FIG Working WEek 2023. The main
focus was on reference frames in general with a
specific focus on UN initiatives, global and
regional frames as well selected national case
studies.
Prorgramme
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Commission 5
at FIG Working Week 2023
FIG Working Week 2023 took place
28 May - 1 june 2023 in Orlando, Florida.
Commission
57 had organised several sessions in the
tehcnical programme, pre-events, and held its annual meeting
during the conference days. At the General Assembly
the Work plans of all commissions were presented
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Work plan
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Video presentation of work plan
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Proceedings/Technical programme
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Report from the conference
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Cost Effective Precise Positioning with GNSS
FIG Publication 74
Most surveyors today are aware that data
acquisition, management, analysis, presentation and
controlling systems are becoming more elaborate and
automated. On the other side the results to be
provided need to be produced with less cost, so in a
costeffective way. To read more
click here.
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Meet the officers
Commission Chair

Dr. Ryan
Keenan, Australia
Contact: FIGCommission5 [at] fig.net
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Working Group Chairs:
Chair of Working Group 5.1
Standards, Quality Assurance and Calibration
Dr. David Martin
E-mail: david.martin[at]esrf.fr
Chair of Working Group 5.2
3D Reference Frames
Dr. Nic Donnelly
Email: ndonnelly[at]linz.govt.nz
Co-Chair of Working Group 5.2
Mr. Chris Pearson
Email:
chris_pearson[at]trimble.com
Chair of Working Group 5.3
Vertical Reference Frames
Mr. David Avalos-Naranjo
Email:
david.avalos[at]inegi.org.mx
Chair of Working Group 5.4
GNSS
Dr. Eldar Rubinov
Email:
erubinov[at] frontiersi.com.au
Co-Chair of Working Group 5.4
Dr. Safoora Zaminpardaz
Email:
safoora.zaminpardaz[at]rmit.edu.au
Chair of Working Group 5.5
Multi-Sensor-Systems
Dr. Amir Khodabandeh
Email:
akhodabandeh[at]unimelb.edu.au
Chair of Working Group 5.6
Cost Effective Positioning
Dr. Li Zhang
E-mail:
li.zhang[at]iigs.uni-stuttgart.de
Commission Chair
Dr. Ryan Keenan
E-mail:
ryan[at]positioninginsights.com.au OR
figcommission5[at]fig.net
Vice Chair of Administration
Dr. Kevin Ahlgren
E-mail: kevin.ahlgren[at]noaa.gov
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Delegates and Correspondents:
Each member association has the right to
nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical
commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic
Members and Corporate Members are welcome to nominate a
correspondent to each commission.
Interested? If you are
interested to become a national delegate from your
country, please contact your
member association. The contact information of national delegates is
updates by the FIG office. Any changes in contact
information should be sent to the FIG
Office.

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Achievements
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Most surveyors today are aware that data
acquisition, management, analysis,
presentation and controlling systems are
becoming more elaborate and automated. On
the other side the results to be provided
need to be produced with less cost, so in a
costeffective way.
Read the publication |
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Since the dawn of civilisation, people have
found it necessary to measure and map their
domain. During very early times this concern
was limited to the immediate vicinity of
their home; later it expanded to the
distance of markets; and finally, with the
development of means of transportation and
communication people became interested in
the whole world.
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Terms
Term 2019-2022
Term 2015-2018
Term 2011-2014
Term 2007-2010
Term 2003-2006
Working Groups
Term 2019-2022
WG 5.1
Standards, Quality Assurance and Calibration
WG 5.2
3D Reference Frames
WG 5.3
Vertical Reference Frames
WG 5.4
GNSS
WG 5.5
Multi-Sensor-Systems
WG5.6 Cost Effective Positioning
Work Plan
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FIG PublicationsFIG Pub. no. 74:
Cost Effective Precise Positioning with GNSS
FIG Pub. no. 64:
Reference Frames in Practice Manual
FIG Pub. no. 49:
Cost Effective GNSS Positioning Techniques 2nd
edition
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FIG Proceedings
List of FIG Conference Proceedings
FIG
Surveyors Reference Library
Newsletters
July
2018
July
2017
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Events
Reference Frame in
Practise Semiar
held in conjunction with
SIRGAS
9-13 November, Bolivia
All events
Reports to General Assembly
Report, May 2020
Report, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2019
Report, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
Report, Helsinki, Finland, 2017
All reports
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