April 2020

FIG Foundation and Aubrey Barker Fund have togeher published the “Course Development Grant”.

It is a pleasure for FIG Foundation to cooperate with the Aubrey Barker Fund on this special grant.

Application deadline was 1 October 2019. Of the received applications, it is a pleasure to announce that after the second round of applications a recipient of this special grant has been found:

Dr Trias Aditya from the Department of Geodetic Engineering of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia for his application for: A Blended Learning Course Design in Fit for Purposes’ Cadastral Survey

Background to the Project

This project is set in Indonesia, the home of millions of land parcels spreading across numerous populated islands, both big and small islands, many of  which have not been mapped and registered by the country. Under the current legal and institutional framework, systematic land titling activities from village to village are expensive and take a long time to complete. Land titling activities are impossible without a complete cadastral map and active participation from communities and government officers. read more

A team of Indonesian Geodesy students from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta has won first place at the International Invention & Innovative Competition (InIIC), an event initiated by Malaysia-based event management company MNNF Network.

Five students from UGM’s Geodetic Engineering Department – Akram Sripandam, Yofita Indah Saputri, Vincent Tandy, Agan Aul Rizki and Salsabila Ramadhani Prasetya – received the Diamond Award in the B2 Higher Institution Student category for their website and Android application CulturIS-3D, which aims to instill in millennials cultural values and “provide new perspectives for users by presenting cultural heritage sites in three-dimension”. read more