FIG afternoon of history
To the End of the Earth: Dutch World Discovery Across the Water!
1.20pm
Crazy about history? Don't miss this event, where the FIG Permanent Institution of
History of Surveying will highlight the achievements of surveyors, the evolution of knowledge
and methodology of measuring, as well as the development of surveying instrumentation.
Wednesday 13 May 2020 from 13.30-17.30 at RAI Convention Center
International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement is a Permanent
Institution within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), and in corporation with Free
University of Amsterdam and De Hollandse Cirkel, they have organised an afternoon of
history. The afternoon of history is part of programme of the FIG Working Week.
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Principal Chairman - John Brock
SESSION ONE - Chairman Chris Williams-Wynn
Official Opening and Keynote Address on Mapping/Surveying History
- Jan De Graeve (Belgium)
2.15pm
Dutch Discoveries Across the Water: The First Real Maps of New Holland From
1606! - John Brock (Australia)
2.40pm
Medieval Portolan Charts, a Geodetic and Historical Mystery
- Dr. Ir. Roel Nicolai (De Hollandse Cirkel)
3.05pm
Historical Surveying Talk on Dutch Mapping in SA
- Prof. Jenny Whittal (South Africa)
3.30 pm Afternoon coffee break
SESSION TWO - Chairman Jan De Graeve
4.00pm
After the Dutch Mapping of (SA territory) - Chris Williams-Wynn (SouthAfrica)
4.25pm
Around the World with Professor Vening Meinesz - On the First Gravity
Measurements in the Oceans - Dr. ir. Bart Root (Delft University ofTechnology)
4.50pm
The Dutch Mapping of Indonesia - Dr. ir. H. Ekkelenkamp (De Hollandse Cirkel)
5.15pm
Reclamation cooperation between The Netherlands and Japan from the
Samurai period: Thoughts through Japan water disaster - Okada Kengo (Japan)
5.40pm
End of History Sessions.
Mapping and Surveying Exhibition - All Day in exhibition area
Op onderstaande pagina vind je meer informatie:
https://www.fig.net/fig2020/history.htm
Hier zit ook de registratie-link bij met het speciale tarief van 30 EUR.
https://www.fig.net/registrations/regform.asp?eventid=224 SVP hiermee registreren!
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