FIG FORUM 

FIG (Fédération Internationale des Géomètres/International Federation of Surveyors) was founded on July 18, 1878 at Paris by delegates of seven national professional organizations (Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Spain). Between the founding year and the turn of the century activities were limited, and between the two world wars (1914-1918 and 1939-1945) all efforts of FIG came to a standstill. 

The first FIG Congress was held July 18-20, 1878 in Paris, France. The most recent, the XXIII FIG Congress, was held in 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. 

In 1954, an invitation was received by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) from FIG, the French Embassy, and the National Research Council to send a representative to the VIII FIG Congress in Paris, France that August. Marshall S. Wright, ACSM Past President, was appointed ACSM representative. 

In 1959 ACSM sent Past President Lester Higbee and Vice President George Bestor as representatives and observers to the IX FIG Congress held in Delft, The Netherlands During the 1959 ACSM business meeting held on March 10, 1959, a motion was made and passed recommending membership in FIG. The awareness of the need to participate internationally in the field of surveying and mapping, and President George Bestor’s report from his attendance at the IX FIG. 

Permanent Committee (PC) meetings (now called Working Weeks) were held in the intervening years between the FIG Congresses.  ACSM has participated as a Member in all PC meetings, Working Weeks and Congresses since 1959. 

ACSM has hosted two FIG Congresses.  In 1974 ACSM and the American Society for Photogrammetry (ASP) hosted the XIV FIG Congress in Washington, DC.  Washington was again the site when ACSM and ASPRS (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) hosted the XXII FIG Congress in 2002 in conjunction with their annual conference. 

2019-2021 NSPS Delegation to FIG 

FIG Commission 1 - Professional Standards and Practice | Delegate:Tim Burch 

FIG Commission 2 - Professional Education |Delegate: Davey Edwards 

FIG Commission 3 - Spatial Information Management | Delegate: Ruth Trujillo Rodriguez 

FIG Commission 4 - Hydrography | Delegate: 

FIG Commission 5 - Positioning and Measurement | Delegate: Dan Roman 

FIG Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys | Delegate: John Hamilton 

FIG Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land Management | Delegate: Amanda Allred

FIG Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development |  Delegate:  

FIG Commission 9 - Valuation and the Management of Real Estate | Delegate: Steven Nystrom   

FIG Commission 10 - Construction and Economics Management | Delegate: N/A  

Head of Delegation: John Hohol  

FIG PC Meetings, Working Weeks and Congresses:

PC Meetings (*) were held annually between Congress years, replaced by the term Working Week (#) in 1999.

2026 XXVVIII Congress Cape Town, South Africa

2025 FIG Working Week Brisbane, Australia

2024 FIG Working Week Accra, Ghana

2023 FIG Working Week Orlando, Florida USA (hosted by NSPS)

2022 XXVII Congress Warsaw, Poland

#2021 Utrecht, The Netherlands

#2020 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Canceled  

#2019 Hanoi, Vietnam 

2018 XXVI Congress ISTANBUL, TURKEY 

#2017 Helsinki, Finland 

#2016 Christchurch, New Zealand 

#2015 Sofia, Bulgaria 

2014 XXV Congress KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA 

#2013 Abuja, Nigeria 

#2012 Rome, Italy  

#2011 Marrakech, Morocco  

2010 XXIV Congress SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 

#2009 Eliat, Israel 

#2008 Stockholm, Sweden  

#2007 Hong Kong, China 

2006 XXIII Congress MUNICH, GERMANY 

#2005 Cairo, Egypt 

#2004 Athens, Greece 

#2003 Paris, France 

2002 XXII Congress WASHINGTON, DC USA  

#2001 Seoul, Korea 

#2000 Prague, Czech Republic 

#1999 Sun City, South Africa 

1998  XXI Congress BRIGHTON, UK 

*1997 Singapore, Singapore 

*1996 Buenos, Aires Argentina 

*1995 Berlin, Germany  

1994 XX Congress MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 

*1993 New Orleans, USA  

*1992 Madrid, Spain 

*1991 Beijing, China 

1990 XIX Congress HELSINKI, FINLAND 

*1989 Budapest, Hungary 

*1988 Wellington, New Zealand 

*1987 Oslo, Norway 

1986 XVIII Congress TORONTO, CANADA 

*1985 Katowice, Poland 

*1984 Tokyo, Japan 

1983 XVII Congress SOFIA, BULGARIA 

*1982 Haag, The Netherlands 

*1981 XVI Congress MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND 

*1980 Edinburgh, Scotland 

*1979 Brno, Czech Republic 

*1978 Paris, France 

1977 XV Congress STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 

*1976 Lagos, Nigeria 

*1975 Helsinki, Finland 

1974 XIV Congress WASHINGTON, DC USA 

*1973 Canberra, Australia 

*1972 Tel Aviv, Israel 

1971 XIII Congress WIESBADEN, GERMANY  

*1970 Budapes,t Hungary 

*1969 Copenhagen, Denmark 

1968 XII Congress LONDON, UK 

*1967 Ottawa, Canada 

*1966 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 

1965 XI Congress ROME, ITALY 

*1964 Sofia, Bulgaria 

*1963 Washington, DC USA 

1962 X Congress VIENNA, AUSTRIA 

*1961 Bern, Switzerland 

*1960 Brussels, Belgium 

*1959 Krakow, Poland 

1958 IX Congress SCHEVENINGEN and DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS 

*1957 Wiesbaden, Germany 

*1956 London, UK 

*1955 Florence, Italy 

*1954 Vienna, Austria 

1953 VIII Congress PARIS, FRANCE 

*1952 Lyon, France 

*1951 Luxemburg, Luxemburg 

*1950 Paris, France 

1949 VII Congress LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND 

*1948 Stockholm, Sweden 

*1947 Paris, France 

*1946 Dijon, France 

1938 VI Congress ROME, ITALY 

*1937 Paris, France 

*1936 Belgrade, Yugoslavia  

*1935 Brussels, Belgium 

1934 V Congress LONDON, UK 

*1933 Rome, Italy 

*1932 Warsaw, Poland 

*1931 Geneva, Switzerland 

1930 IV Congress ZURICH, SWITZERLAND 

*1929 Zurich, Switzerland 

*1928 Brussels, Belgium 

*1927 Paris, France 

1926 III Congress PARIS, FRANCE 

1910 II Congress BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 

1878 I Congress PARI,S FRANCE

FIG REGIONAL CONFERENCES:

2012 Montevideo, Uruguay

2009 Hanoi, Vietnam

2007 San José, Costa Rica

2006 Accra, Ghana

2004 Jakarta, Indonesia

2003 Marrakech, Morocco

2001 Nairobi, Kenya