Article of the Month in 2008

FIG publishes each month the Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topic to all surveyors. This article can be picked up from an FIG conference or another event or it can be a paper written directly for this purpose.

• December 2008 - Mr. Willi Zimmermann, Germany - Effective and Transparent Management of Public Land. This paper is an updated version of the paper that has been presented at the FIG/FAO/CNG International Seminar on State and Public Land Management in Verona, Italy, 9-10 September 2008.
   
• November 2008 - Ms. Kari Strande, Norway - e-Government for e-Citizens – NSDI as Tools in Good Governance Examples from eNorway and Norway Digital. This paper is an updated version of the paper that was presented at the FIG Working Week 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June 2008.
   
• October 2008 - Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director UN-HABITAT - Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing. This paper has been presented as the keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of the FIG Working Week 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden 15 June 2008.
   
• September 2008 - Mr. David Martin, France - Review of Standards, Best Practice, Testing and Calibration in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). This paper has been prepared for and was presented at the FIG Working Week in Stockholm, Sweden 14-19 June 2008.
   
• August 2008 - Mr. Tony Burns and Dr. Kate Dalrymple, Australia - Conceptual Framework for Governance in Land Administration. This paper has been prepared and was presented at the FIG Working Week in Stockholm, Sweden 14-19 June 2008.
   
• July 2008 - Mr. Cemal Özgür Kivilcim, Turkey and Ms. Chris McAlister, Australia - A Model for Integrating Generations - Young Surveyors Working Group. This paper has been prepared and presented at the FIG Working Week in Stockholm, Sweden 14-19 June 2008.
   
• June 2008 - Mrs. Agneta Ericsson, Sweden - What Makes the Swedish Cadastral System so Special and Successful? This paper has been prepared for presentation at the FIG Working Week in Stockholm, Sweden 14-19 June 2008.
   
• May 2008 - Dr. Mathias Lemmens, Christiaan Lemmen and Martin Wubbe, the Netherlands - Pictometry: Potentials for Land Administration. This paper was originally prepared for and presented at the 6th FIG Regional Conference in San José, Costa Rica 12-15 November 2007.
   
• April 2008 - Prof Ian P. Williamson, Australia - Using Cadastres to Support Sustainable Development. This paper was presented for the first time at the Spanish IX National Congress of Surveying Engineers TOP-CART 2008 in Valencia, Spain 18-21 February 2008.
   
• March 2008 - Neil D. Weston, Gerald L. Mader, Tomás Soler, USA: Opus Projects – A Web-Based Application To Administer And Process Multi-Day Gps Campaign Data. This paper was presented at the FIG Working Week 2007 in Hong Kong SAR, China, May 2007.
   
• February 2008 - Stephen T. Mague and Robert W. Foster, USA: Where's the Shoreline? Sources of Historical High Water Lines Developed in the Context of Massachusetts Coastal Regulations.  This paper was presented at the 6th FIG Regional Conference in San José, Costa Rica, 12-15 November 2007.
   
• January 2008 - Grenville Barnes, USA: Developing Cost-effective and Resilient Land Administration Systems in Latin America. This paper was presented at the 6th FIG Regional Conference 2007 in San José, Costa Rica, 12-15 November 2007.