

19 April 2009, 8:37am
"SDI Developments in the World’s Currently Existing Mega Cities"
The FIG web site publishes each month a paper called the Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topics to all surveyors. It can be picked up from an FIG conference or another event. The Article of the Month in April 2009 is written by Ms. Silke Boos and Prof. Hartmut Müller from Germany. Their paper "SDI Developments in the World’s Currently Existing Mega Cities" has been prepared as part of FIG Commission 3 WG 3.2 (Spatial Data Infrastructure) project. Interim reports of the project have been presented at the Commission 3 Workshop “Spatial Information for Sustainable Management of Urban Areas” in Mainz, Germany, 2-4 February 2009 and will be presented at the FIG Working Week in Eilat, Israel, 3-8 May 2009. Final report will be presented at the FIG Congress in Sydney, Australia in April 2010.
Read the paper at the link below.
FIG Article of the month (PDF)

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