June 28, 2017
Momentum created by the 2030 Development Agenda and 2020 Census rounds should be used to demonstrate the practical value of geospatial expertise, says UN-GGIM: Europe. Delegates attending the 4th Plenary of the regional committee of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) agreed that the geospatial and statistical communities
November 7, 2016
More than 100 delegates representing 31 countries gathered in Budapest, Hungary recently for the 3rd Plenary of UN-GGIM: Europe. The meeting, which was officially opened by Katalin Tóth, Deputy State Secretary on International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary, included a review of the past year’s activities and examples of how statistical and
August 10, 2016
Europe is contributing to the UN’s Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF) by developing a platform for exchanging information and expertise. The creation of a new UN-GGIM: Europe working group, GRF- Europe will connect a range of stakeholders and act as an intergovernmental link whilst also promoting the sharing of open geodetic data and common
September 14, 2015
September 14, 2015 — European initiatives to deliver harmonised dependable geospatial information could help provide a global solution to meet demand for interoperable data, says UN-GGIM: Europe. The workshop, part of the fifth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), demonstrated how Europe is managing, sharing and distributing
February 5, 2015
Feb. 3, 2015—EuroGeographics has signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with The Netherlands' Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster) to provide a secretariat for UN-GGIM: Europe. As a result geospatial professional, Carol Agius has been appointed Administrator for the European regional committee of the United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM). In
October 21, 2014
Oct. 16, 2014—In August at the Fourth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), the Committee called for the adoption of common standards so that geospatial data can be seamlessly shared and used around the world. The Committee recognized the important work done by three international standards development
