21 May 2008, 12:35pm
The FIG web 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 May 2008 is written by Dr. Mathias Lemmens, Christiaan Lemmen and Martin Wubbe, The Netherlands.
Their paper "Pictometry: Potentials for Land Administration” was originally prepared for and presented at the 6th FIG Regional Conference in San José, Costa Rica 12-15 November 2007. To see the article, go to:
www.fig.net/pub/monthly_articles/may_2008/
may_2008_lemmens_lemmen_wubbe.html
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