FIG Publications

List of FIG Publications

ISSN No for FIG Publication Series:
ISSN 1018-6530 (print)
ISSN 2311-8423 (pdf)

Number Title Language
E - English 
F - French 
G - German
A - Arabic
S - Spanish
J - Japanese
M - Mongolian
 ISBN
No 84 The Land Administration Domain Model
An Overview
FIG Guide 2025		 E ISSN 2311-8423 (pdf)
ISBN 978-87-93914-23-0 (pdf)
  LADM in the Classroom
Extended version, April 2025		 E ISSN 2311-8423 (pdf)
ISBN 978-87-93914-24-7 (pdf)
No 83 A CALL TO ACTION: Climate Responsible Land Governance and Disaster Resilience: Safeguarding Land Rights
FIG REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2024 IN NEPAL
FIG Policy Statement 2025		 E ISBN 978-87-93914-19-3 (print)
ISBN 978-87-93914-20-9 (pdf)
No 82 Mapping the World a Better Place: The FIGs Volunteer Community Surveyor Program (VCSP)
FIG Young Surveyors Network
FIG Report 2024		 E ISBN 978-87-93914-10-0 (print)
ISBN 978-87-93914-11-7 (pdf)
No 81 Enhancing Surveying Education through Blended Learning
FIG Commission 2 - Professional Education
FIG Report 2023		 E ISBN 978-87-93914-04-9 (pdf)
No 80 Digital transformation and land administration – Sustainable practices from the unece region and beyond
FAO, UN AND FIG
FIG Guide 2022		 E ISBN [FAO] 978-92-5-136837-4 (pdf)
No 79 Land Consolidation – The Fundamentals to Guide Practice
FIG Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development,
FIG Report 2022		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-67-7 (pdf)
No 78 Geospatial Data in the 2020s - Transformative Power and Pathways to Sustainability
FIG Commission 3 – Spatial Information Management
FIG Report 2022		 E ISBN 978-87-93914-01-8 (pdf)
7 volumes covering Three Milleniums of Measurement of Earth
Volumes I-V: Notes on the History of Determining the Size and Shape of the Earth Using Meridian Arcs
Volume VI: Meridian Arcs in East & Southern Africa with Emphasis on the Arc of the 30th Meridian Volume VII: Connection Between the Struve Geodetic Arc and the Arc of the 30th Meridian 		E
No 77 Good Practice for Resilience Planning to Address Water Governance Challenges in Africa
FIG Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development,
Working Group 8.5 on African Water Governance
FIG Report 2021		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-34-9 (pdf)
No 76 International Boundaries on Unstable Ground
Editor: Haim Srebro
FIG Commission 1
FIG report 2020		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-22-6 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-30-1 (pdf)
No 75 "FIG and Me" - My Twenty Five Years in the International Surveying Arena
Earl James AM, FIG Honorary President
FIG Report 2020
 E ISBN 978-87-92853-94-3 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-95-0 (pdf)
No 74

Cost Effective Precise Positioning with GNSS
FIG Commission 5
FIG Report 2019

 E

ISBN 978-87-92853-87-5 (pdf)
No 73 New Trends in Geospatial Information: The Land Surveyors Role in the Era of Crowdsourcing and VGI

Current State and Practices within the Land Surveying, Mapping and Geo-Science Communities.
FIG Commission 3
FIG Report 2019

 E

ISBN 978-87-92853-85-1 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-86-8 (pdf)
No  72

Best Practices 3D Cadastres -
3D Cadastre Joint Working Group Commission 3 and Commission 7
FIG Report 2018

 E ISBN 978-87-92853-83-7 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-84-4 (pdf)
 

Best Practices 3D Cadastres -
Extended version, May 2018
Publication translated to Mongolian

 E, M ISBN 978-87-92853-64-6
ISSN: 2311-8423
No 71

FIG Guidance on Professional Competencies - for Quantity Surveyors / Construction Economists / Cost Engineers. FIG Commission 10
FIG Guide 2018

 E

ISBN 978-87-92853-76-9 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-77-6 (pdf)

No 70

Africa Regional Network - 2015-2018
FIG Report 2018

 E

ISBN 978-87-92853-74-5 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-75-2 (pdf)

No 68

The FIG Christchurch Declaration - Responding to Climate Change and Tenure Insecurity in Small Island Developing States
The Role of Land Professionals SIDS Workshop, FIG Working Week, Christchurch, New Zealand 30 April – 1 May 2016
FIG Report 2016

 E

ISBN 978-87-92853-55-4 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-56-1 (pdf)
No 67 Property Taxation for Developing Economies,  joint FIG Commission 9/UN-Habitat/GLTN – Valuation and the Management of Real Estate,
FIG Report 2016		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-43-1 (printed) ISBN 978-87-92853-44-8 (pdf)
No 66 FIG Statutes, Internal Rules and Guidelines,
FIG Regulations, 2015		 E  ISBN 978-87-92853-36-3 (printed) ISBN 978-87-92853-37-0 (pdf)
No 65 The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change, FIG Task Force on Surveyors and Climate Change,
FIG Report 2014		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-26-4 (printed) ISBN 978-87-92853-27-1 (pdf)
No 64 2nd ed Reference Frames in Practice Manual, 2nd edition, Commission 5 Working Group 5.2 Reference Frames,
FIG Guide 2024		 E ISBN 978-87-93914-14-8 (pdf)
No 64


 No 64 - Spanish

Reference Frames in Practice Manual, Commission 5 Working Group 5.2 Reference Frames,
FIG Guide 2014

Manual de Marcos de Referencia en la Práctica, Comisión 5 Grupo de trabajo 5.2 Sistemas de referencia, Tranlation 2017

 E


S		 ISBN 978-87-92853-25-7 (pdf)

ISBN 978-87-92853-63-9 (pdf)
No 63 The Africa Task Force
FIG Report 2014		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-14-1 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-15-8 (pdf)

A Review of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) Phase II Summary Report
May 2014

 E
No 62
2nd		 Ellipsoidally Referenced Surveying for Hydrography, Commission 4 Working Group 4.1
FIG Guide 2014		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-09-7 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-16-5 (pdf)
No 61 CADASTRE 2014 and Beyond
FIG Report 2014		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-12-7 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-13-4 (pdf)
No 60 Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration joint FIG/World Bank publication.
FIG Guide 2014.		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-10-3 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-11-0 (pdf)
No 59 International Boundary Making, Commission 1,
FIG Report 2013		 E ISBN 978-87-92853-08-0
No. 58 Spatially Enabled Society. Joint publication of FIG-Task Force on Spatially Enabled Society in cooperation with GSDI Association and with the support of Working Group 3 of the PCGIAP. FIG Report 2012.
Raumkundige Gesellschaft Spatially Enabled Society - in German language		 E, G ISBN 978-87-90907-97-6
No. 57 Report on the Economic Benefits of Hydrography.
FIG Report 2011.
Available only on web.		 E ISBN 978-87-90907-94-5
No. 56 Guidelines for the Planning, Execution and Management of Hydrographic Surveys in Ports and Harbours. FIG Report 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-91-4
No. 55 Spatial Planning in Coastal Regions. Facing the Impact of Climate Change. FIG Report 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-90-7
No. 54 Compulsory Purchase and Compensation - Recommendations for Good Practice. FIG Policy Statement, 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-89-1
No. 53 Sydney Agenda for Action. Small Island Developing States and the Millennium Development Goals: Building the Capacity. FIG Report 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-84-6
No. 52

The Social Tenure Domain Model - A Pro-Poor Land Tool. FIG Report, 2010 in English

The Social Tenure Domain Model - A Pro-Poor Land Tool translated into other languages:

  • Arabic   (pdf, 2015)
    ISBN 978-87-92853-40-0 (printed) ISBN 978-87-92853-41-7 (pdf)
  • French (pdf,  2017)
    ISBN 978-87-92853-50-9 (imprimé) ISBN 978-87-92853-54-7 (pdf)
  • Japanese (pdf, 2017)
    ISBN 978-87-92853-57-8 (印刷版) ISBN 978-87-92853-58-5 (PDF版)
 E, A, F, J ISBN 978-87-90907-83-9
Sydney Declaration. Declaration from the XXIV FIG Congress, Sydney, Australia, 11-16 April 2010. E
No. 51 Hanoi Declaration: Land Acquisition in Emerging Economies. FIG Policy Statement, 2010 E ISBN 978-87-90907-82-2
No. 50 History of Surveying. FIG Report 2010 E ISBN 978-87-90907-81-5
No.49 2nd ed NEW 2014 Cost Effective GNSS Positioning Techniques FIG Commission 5 Publication 2nd Edition FIG Report 2014 E SBN 978-87-92853-18-9 (printed)
ISBN 978-87-92853-19-6 (pdf)
No. 49 Cost Effective GNSS Positioning Techniques. FIG Commission 5 Publication. FIG Report, 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-79-2
No. 48 Rapid Urbanization and Mega Cities: The Need for Spatial Information Management. Research study by FIG Commission 3. FIG Report 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-78-5
No. 47 Institutional and Organisational Development - A Guide for Managers. FIG Guide, 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-77-8
No. 46 Enhancing Surveying Education through e-Learning. A publication of FIG Commission 2 – Professional Education. FIG Report, 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-76-1
No. 45 Land Governance in Support of The Millennium Development Goals. A New Agenda for Land Professionals. FIG / World Bank Conference, Washington DC, USA 9–10 March 2009. FIG Policy Statement, 2010. E ISBN 978-87-90907-72-3
No. 44 Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing. FIG/UN-HABITAT Seminar, Stockholm, Sweden, 16–17 June 2008. Summary Report. FIG Report, 2008. E ISBN 978-87-90907-70-9
No. 43 FIG Costa Rica Declaration on Integrated Coastal Zone Management. FIG Policy Statement, 2008.
Declaración de Costa Rica - Gestión de zonas costeras a favor de los pobres. Declaración de principios de la FIG, 2008.		 E, S 978-87-90907-66-2 (E)
978-87-90907-69-3 (S)
No. 42 Informal Settlements: The Road towards More Sustainable Places. FIG Report, 2008. E 978-87-90907-65-5
No. 41 Capacity Assessment in Land Administration. FIG Guide, 2008. E 978-87-90907-64-8
No. 40 FIG Statutes, Internal Rules and Guidelines. FIG Regulations, 2008. E 978-87-90907-63-1
No. 39 FIG Work Plan 2007-2010. FIG Regulations, 2008. E 978-87-90907-62-4
No. 38 The Contribution of the Surveying Profession to Disaster Risk Management. FIG Report, 2006. E ISBN-10:
87-90907-58-2
ISBN-13:
978-87-90907-58-7
No. 37 FIG Guide on the Development of a Vertical Reference Surface for Hydrography. FIG Guide, 2006. E 87-90907-57-4
No. 36 Administering Marine Spaces: International Issues. FIG Report, 2006. E 87-90907-55-8
No. 35 Enhancing the Representation of Under-Represented Groups in FIG. FIG Guide, 2006. E 87-90907-53-1 (E)
No. 34 Aguascalientes Statement - The Inter-Regional Special
Forum on Development of Land Information Policies in the Americas. FIG Policy Statement. 2005.
Declaración de Aguascalientes - Foro Especial Interregional sobre El desarrollo de políticas de información territorial en las Américas as a .pdf-file. 2005		 E, S 87-90907-41-8 (E)

87-90907-44-2 (S)
No. 33 Marrakech Declaration - Urban-Rural Interrelationship for Sustainable Development. FIG Policy Statement, 2004.
Marrakech Declaration - in Arabic as a .pdf-file. 2005
Marrakech Declaration - in French. Under preparation		 E, A, F 87-90907-32-9 (E)
87-90907-42-6 (A)
No. 32 Work Plan 2003-2006. FIG Regulations, 2002. E 87-90907-24-8
No. 31 Land Information Management for Sustainable Development of Cities. Best Practice Guidelines in City-wide Land Information Management. FIG Guide, 2002. E 87-90907-21-3
No. 30 The Nairobi Statement on Spatial Information for Sustainable Development. FIG Policy Statement, 2002. E 87-90907-19-1
No. 29 Business Matters for Professionals. FIG Guide, 2002. E 87-90907-18-3
No. 28A FIG Guide on Standardisation. FIG Guide, revised edition 2006. E
No. 28 FIG Guide on Standardisation. FIG Guide, 2002. E 87-90907-17-5
No. 27 Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications. FIG Policy Statement, 2002. E 87-90907-16-7
No. 26 FIG Statutes, Internal Rules and Guidelines. FIG Regulations, 2001 - as revised 2007. E 87-90907-13-2
No. 25 Models and Terminology for the Analysis of Geodetic Monitoring Observations. FIG Guide, 2001. E 87-90907-10-8
No. 24 Women's Access to Land - FIG Guidelines. Principles for Equitable Gender Inclusion in Land Administration: Background Report and Guidelines. FIG Guide, 2001.
ДОСТУП ЖЕНЩИН К ЗЕМЛЕ – Руководство МФТ
Принципы Гендерного Равенства при Участии в Земельном Администрировании: Фоновой Отчет и Руководства 2002		 E


R		 87-90907-08-6


87-90907-25-6
No. 23  FIG Agenda 21. FIG Policy Statement, 2001. E, S 87-90907-07-8
No. 22 Co-operation Between FIG and the UN Agencies 2000-2003
 - Report of the FIG/UN Roundtable, Melbourne, Australia 1999. FIG Report, 1999.		 E 87-90907-02-7
No. 21 The Bathurst Declaration on Land Administration for Sustainable Development. FIG Policy Statement, 1999. E 87-90907-01-9
No. 20 FIG Work Plan 1999 - 2003. FIG Regulations, 2000. E 87-90907-04-3
No. 19 Quality Assurance in Surveying Education. FIG Policy Statement, 1999. E 87-90907-00-0
No. 18 Statutes and Internal Rules FIG Regulations, 1998.  E 0-85406-920-8
No. 17 Statement of Ethical Principles and Model Code of Professional Conduct. FIG Policy Statement, 1998.
Exposé des principes déontologiques et modèle de code de conduite professionelle 2001		 E

F		 0-85406-921-6

87-90907-09-4
No. 16 Constituting Professional Associations. FIG Guide, 1998.
Constitution d'Associations professionnelles 2000 		 E
F 		 0-85406-862-7
87-90907-03-5
No. 15 Continuing Professional Development. FIG Policy Statement, 1996. E 0-85406-788-4
No. 14 Working Towards Liberalisation in Trade in Services: the applications of NAFTA, the EU and MERCOSUR to the surveying profession. FIG Report, 1996. E 0-85406-791-4
No. 13B Report of the United Nations Inter-Regional Meeting of Cadastral Experts. Bogor, Indonesia, 18-22 March 1996. FIG Report, 1996. E -
No. 13A The Bogor Declaration. United Nations Interegional Meeting of Experts on the Cadastre. Bogor, Indonesia, 18-22 March 1996. FIG Policy Statement, 1996. E -
No. 13 Land Tenure, Land Management and Land Information Systems: report of FIG, FAO and UNCHS round table meetings. FIG Report,, 1995. E   0-85406-737-X
No. 12 FIG Plan of Work 1995-1999. FIG Regulations, 1995. E (out of print) 0-85406-718-3
No. 11 The FIG Statement on the Cadastre. FIG Policy Statement, 1995. E (and 10 other languages)  0-644-4533-1
No. 10 FAO and FIG Future Collaboration in Cadastral Reform in Rural Economics in Transition: report of round table meeting. FIG Report, 1995. E 0-644-43069-9
No. 9 Recommended Procedures for Routine Checks of Electro-Optical Distance Meters (EDM). FIG Guide, 1994. E/F/G (out of print) 0-644-35209-4
No. 8 Hydrography in Ports and Harbours. FIG Report, 1994. E/F/G   0-644-35210-8
No. 7 Statutes and Internal Rules. FIG Regulations, 1991. E/F/G (out of print)  951-96203-6-2
No. 6 FIG and Member Associations: how to improve their relationships. FIG Policy Statement, 1991. E   951-96203-5-4
No. 5 The Surveyor’s Contribution to Land Management. FIG Policy Statement, 1991. E/F/G (out of print)  951-96203-7-0
No. 4 The Surveyor’s Contribution to Land Management FIG. Policy Statement, 1991. E   951-96203-4-6
No. 3 Sustainable Development: a challenge and a responsibility for surveyors. FIG Policy Statement, 1991. E/F/G   951-96203-3-8
No. 2 Definition of a Surveyor. FIG Policy Statement, 1991. E/F/G (out of print)  951-96203-0-3
No 1 Exchange of Surveying Personnel. FIG Guide, 1990. E/F/G (out of print)  951-96203-0-3

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