At the HKIS RETREAT 2011, it was decided that HKIS should establish regular contact with other professional institutes, trade associations and quasi-government organizations to enhance the profile of the Institute.

LSD Council has been actively communicating with professional land surveyors both locally and overseas. We were delighted to meet the delegates from the ICES on 18 March 2011 to exchange views on future collaboration between HKIS (LSD) and ICES(GE) in terms of training, co-organizing CPDs and other aspects.

Geospatial engineering in ICES is an important part of civil engineering construction projects. Before construction work starts, precise mapping and planning is a critical part of the project process. ICES(GE) is specialized in land and engineering surveying (preparing maps and plans to ensure that construction takes place to the dimensions and tolerances required); hydrographic surveying (measuring and mapping all parts of the earth’s surface that are covered by water); photogrammetry and remote sensing (producing an area plan from photographic images and using electromagnetic energy to obtain information about objects without touching them); geographic information systems -GIS (collecting and presenting geographical information); cartography/visualization (creating 2D or 3D maps and plans). I hope the specialty of ICES(GE) would strengthen our knowledge in the field of engineering surveying and other areas through further collaborations.

 

Further to the HKIS-News on the latest news from Secretariat of the Organizing Committee (OC), I would like to urge your participation in the conference to share with our professionals in Mainland and Macau on the latest surveying and mapping technologies applied in development of urban city.

You may like to forward the title of your topic and your paper respectively to the OC in the specific deadlines.

 

If you have any views on the Council’s work, please feel free to send them to the Hon Secretary at [email protected],hk or to me at [email protected] .