The surveyor in society
Graeve, Jan de
The role of the surveyor in society is a subject of concern and evolution. Like many professions in the beginning of this third millennium A.D. our role in society can be asked by the general public as the image of the (land)surveyor and its functions have changed with the introduction of newer technologies. After 20 years of work by Commission 1, after Mr. Simpson first with Rafaelli, than Jan De Graeve and Jacques Tassou, the definition of the Surveyor was confirmed by F.I.G. in the Montreux General Assembly 1981 and the Code of Ethics was adopted and published paper 103.1 This was a period where the 3 official languages were French, German and English. In most of the European countries the identification of a surveyor was well understood by the public on the European continent, since English has become the universal communication language . In 1991 the F.I.G. published the functions and activities of surveying : publication no 2 (1991) being adopted at the General Assembly in Helsinki on June 11th, 1990. The definition of the Surveyor, Vermessungsingenieur, GGommtre-Expert was adopted at General Assemblies in Rome and London.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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