FIG Working Week 2004

Intercontinental Athenaeum Athens
Athens, Greece
May 22–27, 2004

PROCEEDINGS

Technical Papers

Technical programme as pdf-file

Programme for Meetings

Sunday May 23, 2004

17:00-18:30
Ballroom III
Opening Ceremony
Chair: George Papavassiliou, Chair of the Organising Committee of FIG 2004

Welcome Greetings

George Papavassiliou, Chair of Local Organizing Committee (LOC): Welcome Address

Yannis Alavanos, President of Technical Chamber of Greece (TCG): Welcome Address

Polychronis Akritidis, President of Hellenic Association of Rural and Surveying Engineers (HARSE)

Prof. Gerhard Beutler, President of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG)

Prof. Milan Konecny, President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA)
- Handouts of .ppt-presentation

Keynote presentations

Invited keynote speaker: Mr. Stavros Benos, Surveying Engineer, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, former Minister of Culture

Mr. Themistoklis Xanthopoulos, Deputy Minister of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, President of FIG: Breathing the Olympic Spirit - The Mission of FIG in the 21st Century
- Handouts of .ppt-presentation

Opening of the Working Week & Technical Conference

Monday May 24, 2004

Monday
9:00-10:30
Aphrodite
PS1 Plenary Session 1 - Geodesy and Space Technology
Chair: T. N. Wong, Vice President of FIG
Rapporteur: Matt Higgins, Chair of FIG Commission 5

PS1.1 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Beutler, President of IAG: Revolution in Geodesy and Surveying

PS1.2 Ms. Takemi Chiku, Chief, Committee Services and Research, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN OOSA): The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Building Capacity of Developing Countries in Using Space Technology for Sustainable Development
- Handouts of .ppt-presentation

Monday
11:00-12:30
Omega
TS 1 – Good Practices in Land Administration and Cadastre
Commission: 7
Chair: Paul van der Molen (Netherlands)
Rapporteur: Christiaan Lemmen (Netherlands)

Introduction papers

TS1.1 Jürg Kaufmann and Daniel Steudler (Switzerland): Cadastre 2014 – Review of Status in 2004
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TS1.2 Daniel Steudler (Switzerland), Ian P. Williamson and Abbas Rajabifard (Australia) and Stig Enemark (Denmark): The Cadastral Template Project
- Handouts of .ppt-presentation

Case studies

TS1.3 Nabil Bounajma (Morocco): Moroccan Cadastre: Unique Experience
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TS1.4 Jřrgen Skrubbeltrang (Denmark): Danish Multipurpose Cadastre – Experiences so far
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TS1.5 Francis Gabele and Marc Vanderschueren (Belgium): A Better Knowledge for the Partners of the Belgian Cadastre
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TS1.6 Joseph Forrai, Sarit Murkes, Larisa Voznesensky and Michael Klebanov  (Israel): Development of a Better Cadastral Practice at the Survey of Israel

TS1.7 Ivan Pesl (†), Jiri Rydval and Vaclav Slaboch (Czech Republic): Free Internet Access to Cadastral Data – First Experience in the Czech Republic
- Handouts of .ppt-presentation

Monday
11:00-12:30
VIP
TS 2 – NSDI’s Development
Commission: 3
Chair: Robin McLaren (United Kingdom)
Rapporteur: Yerach Doytcher (Israel)

Introduction papers

TS2.1 Rudolf W. Matindas, Puntodewo and Bebas Purnawan (Indonesia): Development of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Indonesia
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TS2.2 Frank Gielsdorf, Lothar Gründig and Bernd Aschoff (Germany): Positional Accuracy Improvement – A Necessary Tool for Updating and Integration of GIS Data
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TS2.3 Stipica Pavičić, Mladen Rapaić and Slavko Lemajić (Croatia): Topographic Data Production as Basis for NSDI – Croatian Example
- Handouts of .ppt-presentation

Case studies

TS2.4 Giuseppe Rando (Italy): Introduction of Automatic Procedures in the System of the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications

TS2.5 Peter C. Nwilo and D. A. Osanwuta (Nigeria): National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Nigeria: Issues to Be Considered. This paper has not been presented in the conference.

TS2.6 Ranjan Mallick (India): Development of Spatial and Attribute Database for Planning and Managing Rural Service Centers, in Kendrapara District, Orissa, India: A GIS Based Information. This paper has not been presented in the conference.

Monday
11:00-12.30
Lamda
TS 3 – Standards, Quality Assurance and Calibration
Commission: 5
Chair: Rudolf Staiger (Germany)
Rapporteur: Rob Sarib (Australia)

Introduction papers

TS3.1 Iain Greenway (Ireland): Standards and Surveyors - A Continuing Odyssey
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TS3.2 Elmar Lenz (Germany): Network Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol (NTRIP) – Application and Benefit in Modern Surveying Systems
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Case studies

TS3.3 Theodora Marinoy, John Boretos, Stella Pytharouli and Stathis Stiros (Greece): Quality Control of Sidewalk Pavements Based on Total Station Surveys
- Handouts of .ppt-presentation

TS3.4 Εvangelia Lambrou and George Pantazis (Greece): Accurate Orientation of the Gyroscope’s Calibration System
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TS3.5 Mikko Takalo and Paavo Rouhiainen (Finland): Longer than 100 m Sightings with the Zeiss DiNi12 Digital Level
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TS3.6 Ľubomír Ondriš, Štefan Lukáč, Viktor Rusina, Ján Buz