FIG Standards Network

Publications related to the Standards Network

FIG Publication 28a:

FIG GUIDE ON STANDARDISATION

How to enhance FIG’s role in the process of creating and maintaining official standards

Purpose of this Guide

This Guide was created by the FIG Task Force on Standards, and has been updated by the FIG Standards Network, to assist the FIG Council, Commissions and Member Associations in their efforts to make a difference in standardisation activities. Standardisation activities can often seem complex or even impenetrable, and the Task Force and Network have seen one of their prime roles as filtering important information about standardisation activities and explaining how surveyors can be actively engaged in the processes.

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Reports:

• Report to the 43rd General Assembly, May 2020
• Report to the 42nd General Assembly, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2019 Reporty,
• Report to the 41st General Assembly, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
  • Annual Meeting - minutes
• Report to the 40th General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, 2017
• Report to the 39th General Assembly, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2016
• Report to the 38th General Assembly, Sofia, Bulgaria 2015
• Report to the 37th General Assembly, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2014
  • Annual Meeting - minutes
• Report to the 36th General Assembly, Abuja, Nigeria 2013
• Report to the 35th General Assembly, Rome, Italy 2012
  • Annual Meeting - minutes
• Report to the 34th General Assembly, Marrakech, Morocco 2011
  • Annual Meeting - minutes
• Report to the 33rd General Assembly, Sydney, Australia 2010
  • Annual Meeting - minutes
• Liaison Report to ISO/TC 211 plenary France, June 2012
• Liaison Report to ISO/TC 211 Plenary Canberra, December 2010
• Report for FIG on the ISO/TC211 Meeting, Southampton, United Kingdom, May 2010
• Report to the FIG General Assembly in Sydney, Australia, April 2010
• Report for FIG on the ISO/TC211 Meeting, Quebec City, November 2009
• Report for FIG on the ISO/TC 211 Meeting, Copenhagen, May 2008
• Report for FIG on the ISO/TC 211 Meeting, Rome, May 2007
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Rome, May 2007
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Riyadh, November 2006
• Report of the Standards Network to the FIG General Assembly, October 2006
• Report on the ISO TC211 meetings, Orlando, May 2006
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Orlando, May 2006
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Montreal, September 2005
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Stockholm, June 2005
• Summary of FIG Commission Activity Regarding Standards – May 2005
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Pallanza, Italy, October 2004
• Report on the ISO TC211/ CEN TC 287 Meetings, Verbania / Ispra, Italy, October 2004
• Report on the ISO/TC 172/SC 6 Meeting, Gaithersburg, USA, 27-29 September, 2004
• Summary of FIG Commission Activity Regarding Standards - May 2004
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2004
• Report from the ISO TC211 Plenary, Berlin, Germany, October 2003
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Berlin, Germany, October 2003
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Thun, Switzerland, May 2003
• Report to the FIG General Assembly in Paris, April 2003
• FIG Liaison Report to ISO TC211 Plenary, South Korea, November 2002
• Report to the FIG General Assembly in Washington, DC, April 2002
• FIG Liaison Report to the ISO TC211 Plenary, Bangkok, May 2002
• FIG Guide on Standardisation, February 2002, FIG publication no 28
  • Acrobat version 
• FIG Liaison Report to ISO TC211 Plenary, Adelaide, October 2001
  • Acrobat version
• FIG Liaison Report to ISO TC211 Plenary Meeting, Lisbon, March 2001
  • Acrobat version
• FIG Liaison Report to ISO TC211 Plenary Meeting, Reston, September 2000
  • Acrobat version
• Report of the Results of the FIG Questionnaire on Standards
• FIG Questionnaire on Standards - Questionnaire Form
• Liaison Report to ISO/TC 211 Plenary, Southhampton, May 2010

Articles:

• Christiaan Lemmen, Peter van Oosterom and Paul van der Molen (The Netherlands): Standards for new approaches, Geospatial World, June 2013
• Iain Greenway: Standards – their vital role. Paper for the FIG Congress, Munich, October 2006
• Iain Greenway: Why Standardise?, paper for the FIG Regional Conference, Accra, Ghana, March 2006
• Cairo standards workshop presentations
• Christiaan Lemmen, Peter van Oosterom, Jaap Zevenbergen,  Wilko Quak and Paul van der Molen (The Netherlands): Further Progress in the Development of the Core Cadastral Domain Model, presentation at the FIG Working Week / GSDI-8 Conference, Cairo, Egypt, April 2005.
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• Iain Greenway (Ireland): Standards – Are They Relevant in a Surveyor’s World?, presentation at the FIG Working Week / GSDI-8 Conference, Cairo, Egypt, April 2005.
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• Iain Greenway: Standards and Surveyors - A Continuing Odyssey, presentation at the FIG Working Week, Athens, May 2004
• Iain Greenway: Standards – are they relevant in a surveyor’s world?, presentation at the FIG Working Week, Paris, April 2003
• Iain Greenway: Standards and Surveyors: FIG's Past and Future Response. FIG XXII Congress, Washington, DC, 19-26 April 2002.
• A large number of others papers on were given in Washington DC on various standards related topics. All these papers can be found on this website.
• Iain Greenway: Standards - Should Surveyors Care? Intergeo 2001, Cologne, Germany, 19 September 2001. Article is in .pdf-format
• Iain Greenway: FIG and Standards - Progress to Date. Article in FIG Bulletin 74, September 2001. Article is in .pdf-format
• Winfried Hawerk (Germany): Standards in Cadastre - Sense or Nonsense?, Presentation at FIG Commission 7 Annual Meeting, Gävle, Sweden, June 2001. Article is in .pdf-format
• Iain Greenway (UK): Surveyors and Standardisation , presentation at the FIG Working Week, Prague, 23 May 2000. Acrobat version (31KB). 
• Iain Greenway (UK): Standardisation of the Qualifications and Certification of Surveyors, June 1999, updated August 2001. Acrobat version (8 KB)

Links to related pages

• International Organization for Standardization ISO (which includes links to TC59 and TC172)
• ISO TC211 (Geographic Information/ Geomatics) This site contains a range of information about the work of the Committee, including a Fact Sheet on each of the standards being developed.
• International Valuations Standards Council (IVSC)