Arab Federation of Surveyors

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Arab Federation of Surveyors

• Established in October 2002
• Arab League Recommendation 1994
• Beirut Congress Recommendation 2001

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Arab Federation Objectives

• Cooperation , coordination, communication among
  the surveyors in Arab countries and other
  international organizations
• Organizing meetings, seminars, etc.
• Making activities through committees
• Issuing documents, magazine, etc

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• Cadastre in Jordan
• and
• Improving Surveying Services
• Held by the Department of Lands Survey
• with
• the collaboration of the Arab Federation of
  Survey
• September 10 12, 2003
• Amman - Jordan

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Purpose of the seminar

• To consolidate activities held under the
  patronage of the Arab Federation of Survey
• To increase coordination and cooperation between
  Arab countries in fields of Cadastre
• To present Jordans experience in the field of
  surveying and cadastre in public, private and
  academic sector

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Abstracts of papers presented at the seminar

• The Department of Lands and Survey
• The paper describes and gives information about
  the process of modernization in the department
  during the last 8 years. It also explains the
  effects of this process on the services provided
  for both, the public and private sectors
• The Royal Jordanian Geographic Center
• The paper describes and gives information about
  the role, duties, tasks and services provided by
  the Center and both the national and regional
  level, and finally the facilities available to
  conduct high standard surveying activities

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• The Balqa Applied University
• The paper presents and gives information about
  Geomatics Surveying Engineering and its
  components like, Photogrammetry, Cartography, GIS
  and Remote Sensing, etc. The paper also explains
  and emphasis the important role the university
  plays by providing the society with qualified
  surveying engineers.
• The Association of Licensed Surveyors
• The paper gives general information about the
  association and its history, goals, tasks and
  ambitions. It also gives examples of different
  projects executed by the private sector in and
  outside Jordan.

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Recommendation of the conference

• Continue to organise such meetings
• Built a knowledge guide
• Standardisation of procedures
• Issue a periodic magazine