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RICS Geomatics Evening Lecture Series 2009-10 - Autumn/Winter sessions
Dear Colleagues
RICS Geomatics will be continuing its unique series of evening lectures again this session 2009-10. After two years outside of their traditional home, this years evening lectures return to RICS HQ, Parliament Square. RICS GGS has undergone an extensive refurbishment and I would encourage all members and attendees to have a look around at the new facilties. The first two or three lectures will be held in the Brussels Room on the ground floor the main lecture hall should be available in due course.
As always, regular email updates will continue throughout the year and within the pages of both the Land Journal and Geomatics World. Each lecture is CPD relevant and counts towards your CPD/LLL quota as specified within RICS regulations. There is no need to pre-book unless otherwise specified. This email also contains Geomatics relevant information on the latest downloads and geo news from RICS.
RICS Geo members in the UK South West region can find details of the regional lecture programme @ RICS Geo South West http://www.rics.org/site/scripts/news_article.aspx?categoryID=339&newsID=880
Thurs Nov 12th , 17.30 for 18.00 – marine survey – Glyn Hunt - Fugro - marine surveying
Location - RICS 12 Great George St, Parliament Square, SW1P 3AD
Speaker: Glyn has been involved in Surveying since 1995, after taking a Geographical course based at Swansea, UK. From this and other subsequent training, he has worked throughout Western Europe in a variety of different Surveying / Construction guises, in environments including both onshore, offshore, and underground.
Always taking the care to describe himself foremost as a Land Surveyor, he sees anyone possessing the basic core Geographical and Surveying skills as having an amazing opportunity to skip between the various branches of what the RICS today brands “Geomatics”, giving them access to workplaces and practices they never could have originally imagined.
His work since late 2007 has been offshore with the global exploration group Fugro. Due to his background he has been largely involved with rig move positioning, but has also had the opportunity to work in other types of operations offshore, e.g. a recent 6-week stint as Surveyor on one of the world’s largest construction vessels. As he’ll readily admit, there are so many different types of survey practices offshore it would be at least 5 years before he could become truly described as a Hydrographic Surveyor.
Synopsis: The talk will concentrate on the various hardware, skills and problems faced offshore by Positioning Surveyors on rig moves, i.e. moving oil / gas rigs to new locations. This work requires knowledge of offshore drilling, Seamanship, Charting, Electrical Engineering, Client / Project Management, Geodesy, Computing, historical (legacy) methods, as well as the most cutting edge DGPS techniques possible for sometimes cm-accuracies. Thrown into this is the requirement to understand and often use a host of various survey / navigation instruments, ranging from the Sextant to Gyrocompasses, plus work under often extreme weather conditions. All this is from the viewpoint of a person who still admits to constantly learning new things with each trip, and views life offshore from the perspective of someone who has enjoyed the freedoms offered by regular Monday ~ Friday onshore work for over a decade.
Dec 10th – xmas lecture – Geomatics – who did they think we were? Prof Mike Cooper
Jan 28th 2010 – UK geo forum annual lecture – Vanessa Lawrence OS GB
All lecture timings are 17.30 for 18.00 unless otherwise stated. All lectures will be held at RICS GGS SW1P 3AD unless otherwise stated. All lectures are free and open to all. Students are especially welcome.
All lecture information and previous lecture online/downloadable resources such as the Michael Barrett lecture presentation notes can be found @ http://www.rics.org/site/scripts/news_article.aspx?newsID=839
Latest RICS Land Journal - available to download @ http://www.rics.org/site/scripts/documents_info.aspx?categoryID=318&documentID=147
The Land Journal is a bi-monthly journal for members of the RICS Environment, Geomatics, Minerals and Waste Management, Planning and Development and Rural professional groups.
The November-December 2009 edition includes the following geo related articles:
Roam within reason - The need to provide public access to its varied estate is a particular challenge for the MoD.
The whole picture - The Rural Payments Agency's Mapping Update project is on track to deliver more accurate 2010 SPS applications. No place to hide - Digital rights management (DRM) is a new challenge for many users of geospatial and map data.
When is an expert not an expert? 'Boundary expert' means different things in different situations.
Boundaries: Procedures for Boundary Identification
This is essential reading for all members interested in boundary dispute practice. Focusing on different stages of a potential boundary dispute and processes that a member could follow as an example of best practice. this new Guidance Note was completed by the RICS Boundaries and Party walls Panel, more online resources and downloads can be found at www.rics.org/bpwwg
Mapping and Positioning Practice Panel
The MAPPP are currently working on full reviews to the 'Use of GPS in surveying and mapping 1st ed 2003' GN and have recently completed the technical specification 'terms and conditions of contract for land survey services 3rd ed 2009'. this document forms part of an extensive suite of professional high level technical and professional guidance from RICS. The MAPPP are also working on a full review and re design of the much lauded Geo Client Guide series of 9. Members should make sure to watch future emails and land e-briefs for updates. More @ www.rics.org/mappp
Geomatics World and Engineering Showcase
Geomatics members are well served by not only Geomatics World and Showcase but also by the Land Journal and RICS Business. the latest issues of GW and Engineering Showcase are available from www.pvpubs.com
Land Group Career Brochures
RICS has developed a new careers leaflet aimed at promoting the profession of Geomatics chartered surveyor. The Land Group has also produced similar guides in this series for Rural Surveyors and Planning and Development and Minerals and Waste, Environment Surveyors.
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