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Report from Mudit Kapoor

FIG Foundation Young Surveyor Grant Recipient to attend the FIG Congress 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey

“The 2018 FIG Congress was once in a lifetime experience for me. I attended technical sessions related to data analysis, computation, storage, and surveying. I also got the chance to attend the STDM workshop. In this workshop, I have got to know about the GLTN plugin (QGIS). It is really a great tool to help the community.”

 

It has been a great experience attending the 2018 FIG Congress and FIG Young Surveyors Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey where I met many intelligent and sharp international colleagues in the field of Land Surveying. I received an FIG Foundation Grant to attend these scientific events. I delivered a talk on the topic of “Solar Potential Assessment using Big Data and Cloud Geospatial techniques” in the 4th FIG Young Surveyors Meeting. I received valuable inputs by the Young Surveyors. This meeting is for the young surveyors of the world, where we have exchanged our views and discussed the issues in the Land Surveying. It was a great experience in meeting with Mr. John Hohol (President, FIG Foundation). He has shared the surveying experiences during network events. The FIG Young Surveyors Meeting was well organized by Ms. Eva Maria Unger (Chair, YSN). It was the well-combined technical sessions with cultural events.

The 2018 FIG Congress was once in a lifetime experience for me. I attended technical sessions related to data analysis, computation, storage, and surveying. I also got the chance to attend the STDM workshop. In this workshop, I have got to know about the GLTN plugin (QGIS). It is really a great tool to help the community.

In conclusion, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to people who have made these events possible and those who have shared their experiences during that one exciting week in Istanbul. I have benefited very much from this fantastic event. I wish to attend more events like this in the future.

/Mudit Kapoor
Ph.D. Candidate, Geomatics Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India


From left: Cemre Sahinkaya, Turkey, Jean-Pierre Habiyaremye, Rwanda, Ana Julia Herrera Gonzalez, Costa Rica, John Hohol, President, FIG Foundation, Eva-Maria Unger, Chair, FIG Young Surveyors Network,   James Quick, United Kingdom and Mudit Kapoor, India.