Smart Surveyors

Developments and Trends from the FIG Working Week 2020

Web publication (2020)

Authors

Mila Koeva University of Twente
P.J.M. van Oosterom GIS Technologie - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
GIS Technologie (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

08-05-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Architectural Engineering +Technology

Research Group

GIS Technologie

Abstract

Some of the challenges demanding innovative surveying approaches and technologies are rapid urban growth, smart energy, cleaner mobility, and ‘land rights for all’. Sensing technologies, spatial data processing methods, and related approaches are already available. However, the question is how to use and improve them to become future proof, smart surveyors? Only ten years left to achieve the SDGs for a sustainable future. How can smart surveying contribute? To answer these questions, the papers of the FIG proceedings were analysed by the author-team.In this short article, we present the main trends distilled and the papers we refer to, represent these main trends. We start with a brief review of the Smart Surveyors keynote presentations, followed by main trends described in the regular papers, and finally, a short summary of the impact of the FIG community.