Bologna 29th November 2019

Technical Progress in our Profession

Rudolf StaigerPresident of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)

• representing more than 100 member associations

• a Federation of national surveying associations

what is ?

Surveying

Cadaster

Mapping

Quantity Surveying

Valuation

Geodesy

Geo-information

• covering the whole range of professional fields within the global surveying community, hereunder ….

• a United Nations and World Bank recognizednon-governmental organization (NGO)

Hydro-graphy

Land Management

Engineer Surveying

ConstructionSurveying

TopographicSurveying

It is …

3 - Spatial Information Management

4 - Hydrography

5 - Positioning + Measurement

8 - Spatial Planning + Development

6 - Engineering Surveys

7 - Cadaster + Land Management

9 - Valuation + the Management of Real Estate

10 - Construction Economicsand Management

Commission Structure of FIG

GeodesySpatial

PlanningPropertysurveying

Real Estate Management

Positioning

Marine

Mapping

Construction surveying

Quantity surveying

Building surveying

Land Administration

Geo-information

Land surveying

Land Management

Surveying

Valuation

Cadaster

- We use Surveying as a generic term!

One major activity is Every year a working week (5 days)Every 4 years a Congress(6 days)

Year Event Continent Country City2024 ww …? …? …?

2023 ww America USA Orlando

2022 Congress Africa RSA Capetown

2021 ww Africa Ghana Accra

2020 ww Europe NL Amsterdam2019 ww Asia Vietnam Hanoi

2018 Congress Europe / Asia Istanbul Turkey

what is doing ?

2020 ww Europe NL Amsterdam

2022 Congress Africa RSA Capetown

Another major activity … publications

No 72 No 73 No 74

Download: http://www.fig.net/resources/publications/figpub/index.aspwhat is doing ?

FIG was founded1878 in Paris (France) by 7 national

Surveying Associations from …..

when was founded ? Belgium

France

Spain

Switzerland

England

Germany

Italy

How is structured ?

Young Surveyors History

Standards

Regional Development

OICRF

10 Commissions TF on Governance

TF on SDGs

Motto of my presidency

Volunteering for the Future

PlanetSociety

… of our Federation

Profession

is at the same time beneficial for our …

201919901924ArchaicPeriode 1590 Optical

PeriodeElektro-Optical

PeriodeMulti-Sensor

Periode

OpticalArchaic Electro-Optical Multi-Sensor

Surveying Instruments - Technical Development in 4 Phases

The surveying equipment – today – single points

Height MeasurementsGNSS

Digital Level Rotating LevelSmartphone

GNSS-Rover

GNSS-Base station

Binoculars+ EDM+ compass

Laser RadarTotalstation Laser Tracker Hand-Distance-Meter

Tacheometry

TLS Terrestrial

Z+ F IMAGER 5016

Leica RTC 360

Leica BLK 360

MLS Mobile

AutonomousALS

ULS Unmanned

Laser Scanner

The surveying equipment – today – mass points

New Measurement Technologies

GPR- Ground Penetrating Radar

FODM – Fibre Optics for Deformation measurments

RI- Radar Interferometrie

UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Image from INTERGEO-Berlin Flight Zone

What is a UAV….. ? From the technically point of view?

Is it ….a Measurement system? NO…. a sensor ? NO

It is just a flying tripod!!

SLAM+ +

Summary Current Measurement Technology

measurement toolbox is larger and more productive than ever before!

Laser Scanner: Software <> Hardware

Core competence of the surveyor is unchanged … geoemtrical acquisition + presentation of large objects

Close Range Photogrammetry = Standard tool of all surveyors

4th Industrial Revolution --- Challenges and opportunities

Digitisation

converting informationto digital formats …. Maps, drawings,fieldbooks….

Transformation through DigitalisationSource: Jürgen DOLD, CEO HEXAGON Geosystems, 2017

Digitalisation Digital Transformation

Taking advantage of Digitalisation fornew business concepts

Making digitizedinformation

work for you

Smart dataUBER AIRBNB

FACEBOOK

ALIBABABITCOIN

4th Industrial Revolution --- Challenges and opportunities

Big Data

2,500 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes /per day

2,5 Quintillion Bytes

90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years!!! Source: BSI - British Institute of Standards

AI = Artificial Intelligence + Automation

IoT = Internet of Things

Conclusion 1

Master the entire process

Planification

Uncertainty budget

Validation

Proof building

Data treatment

Data analysis

Visualization

Presentation

The current SURVEYOR

Former SURVEYOR

Master the instrument

Conclusion 2 – Public View onto Surveying as a Profession?

• Part of a necessary infrastructure for thewell-being of a society

• Experts for GEO-related data worldwide

• In a lot of countries there is a need forsurveyors

Surveying today

Conclusion 2 - the key issue for the modern surveyor

Become a manager + decision maker! Also on technical levels!

Make our data smart!

Useable and beneficial for

Societythe stakeholders

our customersThis is valid for all of us!

Geodesy

Spatial Planning

Real Estate Management

Positioning Hydrography

Mapping

Construction surveying

Quantity surveying

Building surveyingLand AdministrationGeo-information

Land surveying

Land Management

Surveying

Valuation Cadaster

Thank youfor your attention!