Commission 4 at FIG Congress 2022
October 2022
The XXVII FIG Congress took place from 11-15
September in Warsaw, Poland.
Read the Commission 4 report of the congress
There were three sessions of General Assembly
held with the first one held online on 4 September
2022. Each Commission Chair presented their
achievement in the last four years of holding the
chair.
Read the Commission 4 report to the General Assembly
2022
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Commission 4 at FIG Working Week 2021
August 2021
The Working Week took place online, 20-25 June
2021. Commission 4 held its annual meeting with
outset in their prepared Report and Agenda.
Commission 3 was also involved in several sessions
covering Commission 3 areas within the theme of
Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management. To
read more
click here.
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Commission 4, Chair Elect
August 2021
The General Assembly elected Mr. Malavige Don
Eranda Kanachana Gunathilaka from Sri Lanka, SISL,
as the Chair Elect of Commission 4, the elected
Chair Elect term as the Chair of the Commission will
be initiated at the FIG Congress 2022 for the period
2023-2026.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
28 June-1 July 2023 in
Orlando, USA
www.fig.net/fig2023
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Meet the officers
Commission Chair
Dr. Malavige
Don Eranda Kanchana Gunathilaka, Sri
Lanka
Contact: FIGCommission4 [at] fig.net
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Working Group Chairs:
Standards and
Guidelines for Hydrography
(WG 4.1)
Neil Hewitt, Australia
neil.hewitt[at]precisionhydrographic.com.au
Blue Growth &
UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (WG
4.2)
Gordon Johnston, United Kingdom
gordontjohnston1[at]gmail.com
Mapping
the Plastic (WG 4.3)
Simon Ironside, New Zealand
Marine
Development and Administration (WG 4.4)
Dr. Abdullah Hisam Omar, Malaysia
abdullahhisham[at]utm.my
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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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The hydrographic surveying community is
using high-accuracy GNSS positioning
techniques for vertical positioning of
survey platforms, the sea surface and the
sea floor. In order to meet required
vertical positioning standards, it is of
paramount importance that the entire ERS
process be thoroughly understood and that
the appropriate procedures are in place
during data acquisition, validation,
cleaning and processing phases.
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In 2019 a Working Group on Mapping the
Plastic was established. The Working Group
is focusing on the dumping of plastics (and
other waste) into major rivers, river
systems and deltas at strategic locations
around the world.
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the work of the Working Group |
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Much like towns and cities which have grown
because of their close proximity to
railroads, superhighways and airports,
access to navigable waters has provided the
earliest cornerstone for discovery and
economic development the world over. But
what makes waters navigable?
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Since 1994, when FIG Publication No. 8, a
report entitled Hydrography, Ports and
Harbours, was first published, the
widespread adoption of the Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS) and Electronic
Nautical Charts (ENC) have brought on
notable changes to hydrographic survey
technology and how nautical data is
published.
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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
WG1.1:
International
Ethics Standards
WG1.2:
Women in
Surveying
WG1.3:
International
Boundary Settlement and Demarcation
All
working groups
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FIG Publications
FIG Pub. 62:
Ellipsoidally Referenced Surveying for Hydrography
FIG Pub. no. 57:
Report on the Economic Benefits of Hydrography
FIG Pub. no. 56:
Guidelines for the Planning, Execution and
Management of Hydrographic Surveys in Ports and
Harbours.
FIG Pub. no. 37:
FIG Guide on the Development of a Vertical Reference
Surface for Hydrography.
FIG Pub. no. 8:
Hydrography in Ports and Harbours
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FIG Proceedings
List of FIG Conference Proceedings
FIG
Surveyors Reference Library
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Events
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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