Commission 6
This commission deals with surveying within the
industrial and construction industry, tunnel survey
ing, pipe and power line surveys, deformation survey
and surveying of public services. In commission 6
especially the discussion on the building-up of
information system for the underground services is
getting more and more important. The development
of common standards is a main problem both in
commission 5 and in commission 6.
Commission 7
Commission 7 is the commission for Cadastre,
rural land management and Land Registration.
The commission deals with management of rural
land and resources, rural land use planning, legal
procedures and systems for the implementation of
plans and environmental aspects.
Commission 8
Commission 8 deals with urban land use, town
planning and legal procedures and systems for the
implementation of plans.
Commission 9
The commission deals with valuation and manage
ment of real estate.
The topic land information systems is of special
interest for the commissions 7, 8 and 9. Land infor
mation systems are a necessary tool for the rural
land management, the town planning and develop
ment and the valuation and management of leal
estate. Within the commissions 7, 8 and 9 the
general requirements of a land information system
will have to be discussed, so that it can grow into
an effective and efficient tool for the above men
tioned tasks.
Conclusions
After this summary I hope it is clear that the prob
lem of modern land information systems is a general
F.I.G.-problem.
Discussions on competences and boundaries are
useless because they are accentuating these bound
aries. It is becoming more and more necessary for
oui profession to make itself stronger and to endea
vour at common goals and common standards.
The situation we now find within the F.I.G. is a
reflection of the situation we find in the respective
member-nations with regard to land information
systems. Within the F.I.G. the interchange of know
ledge and experience is taking place in a decentral
way in the nine commissions. In an international
organization like the F.I.G. the coordination of the
activities within one commission is a difficult matter.
The mutual coordination of the work of the nine
commissions is still more difficult. Nevertheless we
will have to tackle this problem because it is of
major importance for the future of our organization.
Howevei, let us be realistic and let us have not all
too big expectations of our possibilities. The piob-
lems of an international organization are numerous
and the possibilities to find solutions for the com
plex problems described are limited .The accent of
the work within the F.I.G. will have to remain on
the interchange of knowledge and experience, that
is to say on the commission-work.
Especially with regard to the topic land information
systems the organization of this interchange will
have to meet high demands.
Special symposia like this one in Darmstadt can be
of importance during the period between congresses.
It is my suggestion to give the sessions of commis
sion 3 during the F.I.G.-congresses the character of
a symposium.
We found that the developments in the field of the
land information systems concern all commissions
of the F.I.G. Therefoie the nine commissions of the
F.I.G. should be invited to prepare a high level
state of art paper describing the situation regarding
land information systems in the special field of each
commission.
At short term we will not be able to find general
applicable solutions for the problems described in
this paper. The attuning of the decentral collection
of data to more general purposes in our society
will have to be a process. The results of this process
will have to be a concensus on form and quality
of the data. The step from a consensus to more
formal standards will be easier after that. It is my
opinion that the way we will tackle these problems,
will determine the future of our profession and of
the F.I.G.
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