Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Situation in the Netherlands: Times are changing‘ Dutch delegates Mr.Ir. Jos Anneveld, (MSc) Ing. Wim van Pijkeren, (BSc) Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens With thanks to: Jos Anneveld: Not present here (Barcelona) Mark Wijngaarde: Vice-president EU Relations Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens What‘s the change ? In general, more and more, from Geodesy to: Geo-information and Geo-information-applications or Geomatics or Spatial information services Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens February 2004: 125 years National Committee for Geodesy Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens In this overview: –Markets –Societies –Education In the context: –Were we not strong enough –Or can you expect the same ? Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Markets (1) Recession (last year) –Few activities in building industry –Large infrastructure projects come to an end –Digital mapping (different scales) nearly ready –Cadastre, public works, municipalities less to spend –Geodetic companies in difficult circumstances –Geo-ICT companies seem to be less affected Efficiency is approving –Especially less (lower educated) technicians needed Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Markets (2) Program: Space for Geo-information –20 mio Euro –Mainly research (proposals) –Mainly geo-information applications –Institutes, public services, private companies –With a slow start Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Societies October 2003: merge of nearly all geodetic and geo-information societies into: Geo-Informatie Nederland (GIN) Working parties: –Land surveying and geodesy –Earth observation –Cartography and geo-visualisation –Geo-information and land-policy –Geo-ICT –Research and education Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Nieuws-Nieuwsbrief

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Education (1) In the past few years: the end of specific geodetic education on technician and “MSc” level (Delft) Just started: Investigation to the need of geo-information-workers in the coming years, on initiative of the VNBG. Results in next summer. Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Education (2) Now: Technician level: Start up of Infra-technics on (possibly) 30 locations BSc-level Geodesy and geo-informatics (Hogeschool Utrecht) Hydrography (Maritime Inst. Willem Barentsz Terschelling) Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Education (3) MSc-level Earth Observation(Technical University of Delft, Fac. Aerospace Engineering) Geo-information Engineering & Land Management (Technical University of Delft, Fac. Technology, Policy and Management) Geo-information Science (Wageningen University) Geo-informatics (University Twente / ITC) Geographical information management and applications (University Utrecht/ ITC/ TU Delft/ Wageningen University) Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Finally : The way the Dutch delegates report in the Dutch geodetical / geo- information magazine about the CLGE activities, especially about the General Assembly „News from the CLGE“ Berlin 24 april 2004

Event Venue, Date The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors Comité de Liaison des Géomètres Européens Questions... Berlin 24 april 2004