FIG Working Week, 29 May -  2 June 2017, Helsinki, Finland, is an exciting week-long conference that brings the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to experience a mix of interesting plenary and technical sessions and workshops, a trade exhibition and a variety of side events and social functions.

Embracing our smart world  where the continents connect:

The conference theme of “Strengthening Southern-driven cooperation as a catalyst for ICT4D” seeks to stimulate and encourage critical discussions on the different facets of Southern-driven cooperation, its promises, potential, for creating a better world, and the challenges we face in achieving the promised potential.Grounded by Geoff Walsham’s question, ‘Are we making a better world with technology?’ (Walsham, 2012); the conference will aim at offering context-rich theories, methodologies and practical guidance on the use of ICT’s to empower local communities.

Coastal and marine ecosystems serve key roles for carbon storage, nutrients and materials cycling, as well as reservoirs of biodiversity. They also provide ecosystems services such as sustenance for millions of people, coastal protection against wave action, and recreational activities. Remote sensing of coastal and marine ecosystems is particularly challenging.

FAO produces and synthesizes a wealth of information data across all the sectors to help eradicate poverty, eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable, reduce rural poverty, enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, and increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises. These information and data are in text, statistical, graphic and map formats that are accessible through a wide number of FAO Knowledge Platforms.

Using Earth Observations for Pre- and Post-Fire Monitoring

Les faits montrent que très peu de données foncières sont ouvertes au public.

 Le 19 juillet de 15h à 16h30 CET

Depuis 2019, le Portail terrestre utilise les histoires de données pour démontrer comment combiner les données avec des récits engageants, mémorables et convaincants qui peuvent donner aux communautés les moyens de raconter leurs histoires au monde. 

Structures such as buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and water bodies. Urban areas, where these structures are highly concentrated and greenery is limited, become “islands” of higher temperatures relative to outlying areas.

Healthy ecosystems provide essential pieces of daily life for humans such as clean water, food, medicines, carbon sequestration, protection against extreme weather, and much more. Natural capital accounting recognizes that these assets must be maintained, managed, and measured for critical decision-making activities.

Recent studies have shown that globally, riverine and coastal floods are increasing in intensity and duration. In addition, the number of people living in flood-prone areas has increased substantially during the last two decades.

Lorsque notre communauté mondiale s'unit, l'énergie est inarrêtable. C'est pourquoi la FIG et les organisateurs locaux, NSPS, sont ravis de vous inviter à la semaine de travail FIG 2023. Attendez-vous à une conférence passionnante d'une semaine qui rassemblera la communauté internationale des professionnels de la topographie et de l'espace pour vivre un mélange de sessions techniques et d'ateliers intéressants, une exposition commerciale et une variété d'événements parallèles et de fonctions sociales.