John E TullochSurveyor-General of VictoriaChair, Surveyors Registration BoardRegistrar of Geographic Names17 September 2008

Surveying and Spatial Information Victoria 2008 Summit

FIG Perspective:The Future of Surveying

FIG Working Week 2008

• Professional Development- Global forum for professional discussions and interactions

- Conferences, symposia, commission working groups, …..

• Institutional Development - Institutional support for educational and professional

development at national and international level

• Global Development- Cooperation with international NGO´s such as

the UN agencies, World Bank, and sister organisations

- Joint activities and common policy-making to

reduce poverty and enforce sustainable development

The Role of FIG

FIG Structure

Professional Developmentthrough commission based sessions

1. Professional Practice2. Professional Education3. Spatial Information Management

4. Hydrography5. Positioning and Measurement6. Engineering Surveys7. Cadastre and Land Management8. Spatial Planning and Development9. Valuation and the Management of Real Estate10. Construction Economics and Management

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Challenges for Victorian Land Surveyors

• Vocational

- the profession positioning itself to be the foremost authority on the provision of Geospatial information

- demonstrating its capacity to deal with emerging environmental markets of EcoTenders, carbon credits and water rights

- maintaining expertise in land tenure related to contemporary building ownership, land based securities and utility infrastructures

- adapting technology advances for survey services and d/b applications

• Sustainable

- justifying to government the retention of a regulated profession

- recognising the unique value of our cadastral surveying expertise by charging appropriate fees

- actively promoting surveying as a career

FIG Congress – Sydney, 11-16 April 2010