TACKLING THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES

FIG represents the interests of surveyors worldwide
FIG was founded in 1878 and is a United Nations and World Bank recognized non-governmental organization of national member associations, cadastral and mapping agencies and ministries, universities and corporates from over 120 countries. FIG covers the whole range of professional fields within the global surveying community, hereunder surveying, cadastre, valuation, mapping, geodesy, hydrography, geospatial, and quantity surveyors and provides an international forum for discussion and development aiming to promote professional practice and standards.
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Main FIG Conferences

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FIG Working Week 2027
23-27 May 2027
Stavanger Norway
www.fig.net/fig2027


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FIG Congress 2026
24-29 May
Proceedings


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FIG Working Week 2028 and
150th Anniversary

June 2028 Paris France

Other FIG Events

Commission 2, 7 + 9 annual meetings
28-30 October in Istanbul, Türkiye


The new era of real estate modeling Commission 9 Workshop and annual meeting
13-16 October, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy

Library

FIG Publication No. 85

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Surveying for Climate Resilience: Practical Climate Actions

FIG Guide 2026 - FIG Climate Compass Task Force - Humanity is dealing with a global climate crisis, with disproportionate impact on vulnerable regions, countries and people. Surveyors have a major role to play supporting the adaptation and mitigation of climate impacts at the global, national and local levels.
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FIG Publication No. 84

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The Land Administration Domain Model an overview, and LADM in the classroom - extended

FIG Guide 2025 - overview and extended version on the developemnt and use of the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM)
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FIG Publication No. 83

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FIG Publication no. 83 - FIG Policy Statement: Climate Responsible Land Governance and Disaster Resilience: Safeguarding Land Rights

FIG Regional Conference 2024 held in Nepal addressed the most challenging issue of our time, the climate crisis. A call to action promotes the engagement and role that surveyors can have in contributing to the climate change agenda Read more...

FIG Publication No. 64 2nd ed.

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FIG Publication no. 64 2nd edition - FIG Guide: Reference Frames in Practice Manual

This publication is published by FIG Commission 5, Positioning and Measurement, Working Group 5.2 Reference Frames and is an update 2024 to the original publication 64 from 2014 Read more...

FIG Publication No. 82

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FIG Publication no. 82 - FIG Report: Mapping the World a Better Place

FIG Volunteer Community Surveyor Program VCSP - FIG Young Surveyors Network and UN-Habitat - Global Land Tool Network GLTN Read more...

FIG 2025 Proceedings

"Collaboration, Innovation and REsilience: Championing a Digital Generation” FIG Working Week 2025 Proceedings

FIG Peer Review Journal

Since 2008 it has been possible to offer a conference paper for a peer-review, an opportunity that about 10% of presenters take advantage of. The accepted papers that have been presented at a major FIG conference are included in the FIG Peer Review Journal.
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FIG Surveyors Reference Library

The library is a shortcut to all papers from FIG Congresses, Working Weeks and other FIG events, as well as so-called recommended papers that are specially selected by the ten FIG commissions. Read more...

FIG Article of the Month, October 2026 A peer review paper from FIG Congress 2026. Written by Dr. Ghazi Alqahtani, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Read more here
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FIG Climate Compass task force: 10 climate science insights ahead of COP31

Ahead of COP31, Simon Ironside of the FIG Climate Compass Task Force shares ten new insights from climate science, highlighting growing risks...

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FIG confirms intention to sign multilateral memorandum to strengthen global geodesy

United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence have a strong working relationship. This will be strengthened further with this MMOU...

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Preparations underway for FIG Working Week 2027

An exciting programme awaits you in May 2027 in Stavanger, Norway with pre-events, technical tours, networking activities and an extensive tec...

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Join FIG webinar 'Women leading the future of surveying' on 17 Nov 2026

Surveying is changing, and so is the profile of the people doing it. Women are leading practices, running field crews, shaping policy and ment...

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The Strength of FIG Dialogue: Global to Local to Global

146 participants met in Ragusa, Sicily and 490 online for the Commission 9 Annual Meeting and CNG Assembly of Italian Regional Presidents. Rea...

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FIG is dedicated to promote the SDG’s
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What is VCSP?

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... the Volunteer Community Surveyor Programme
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Latest Releases

> Annual Review 2025
> FIG Pub 84 - The Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) FIG Pub 83 - A CALL TO ACTION: Climate Responsible Land Governance and Disaster Resilience: Safeguarding Land Rights
> FIG Pub 64 2nd ed - Reference Frames in Practice Manual
> History of Surveying

FIG Young Surveyors Network
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FIG YS Network
Meeting the President General Assembly 2026

Dr. Diane Dumashie was elected President at the General Assembly in September 2022

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Interview with Diane in Spatial Source, December 2024: Challenges and opportunities in 2025

The General Assembly  2026 was held on 24 and 29 May in Cape Town South Africa as part of the FIG Congress.

Council Work Plan for the term 2023-2026.

FIG Members Article of the Month

FIG has five different levels of membership and two levels of honorary membership. Through different membership categories 121 countries are represented in FIG. The membership categories are:

- Member Associations
- Affiliates
- Corporate Members
- Academic Members
- Correspondents
- Honorary Presidents
- Honorary Members

Members

FIG publishes each month the FIG Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topic to all surveyors.

The article of the month in October 2026 written by: Dr. Ghazi Alqahtani, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A peer review paper from FIG Congress 2026. Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection and Prediction for Urban Planning in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia How fast is Riyadh growing? The paper maps ten years of change in the Riyadh region (2013–2023). It combines Landsat 8 satellite images and night-time light data with machine learning in Google Earth Engine. Read more here

Other Newsletters

Commission 7 newsletter
Quarter 3 2026

 

 

 

 

 

News from FIG Council

FIG Statement on Geospatial Council Australia, GCA, and FIG Working Week 2025
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