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Eurogeographics general assembly for 2024
In the General Assembly of EuroGeographics for the year 2024, which took place in Seville, Spain, with the support of the National Geographic Institute of Spain, over 110 delegates from 40 member countries, including Albania, participated.
The team of State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) was headed by the General Director Mrs. Vilma Tomço, who moderated the session “The future of geospatial information”. The main speech of this session was delivered by Prof. Dr. Paul Becker, President of the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) Germany.
The discussions of this Assembly focused on the geospatial data of the member countries and their role in providing basic information to find solutions to various global challenges.
Also, during this Assembly, meetings and discussions were held at the technical and managerial level where the increase of cooperation for various projects was discussed with representatives from the member countries of EuroGeographics.
The Assembly continued its work with the voting of the next year’s annual budget, the election of the members of the Board of Directors and the President, as well as the approval of applications for new memberships.
Training with the technical staff of Kamez Municipality
State Authority for Geospatial Information continues training in order to increase the capacities of the technical staff of the country’s municipalities. ASIG experts conducted today the training with the technical staff of Kamez Municipality with the participation of representatives from:
- Directorate of Planning and Development of the Territory
- Cadastre Directorate, Board of Drainage, Forests and Pastures and Management and Administration of Assets
- Directorate of Projects and Investments
- Territory Protection Inspectorate
Training with the technical staff of the Municipality of Tirana
Within the initiative taken by the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG)on purposeincreasing the capacities of the technical staff of the country’s municipalities, the training took place today in the Municipality of Tirana.
The training aimed to provide knowledge to the technical staff of the municipality in the use of the National Geoportal and GIS applications, in order to create, update and publish geospatial data in the National Geoportal, as well as knowledge on the products obtained from the Satellite Service project.
The topics covered in this training are:
- Acquaintance with the functionalities of the National Geoportal;
- Data collection according to geoinformation topics for: Administrative units and the villages in their composition (order 4 and 5), Local road transport network;
- Presentation of the products obtained from the Satellite Service project.
Those present at this training were introduced to:
- The use of new modules and functionalities of the improved National Geoportal system such as: editor module, georeferencing module, map functionalities, metadata catalog, network services, etc.
- The use of basic layers for the creation and updating of geospatial data from GIS applications using the services of the National Geoportal network.
- Technical assistance of specific requirements related to systems and data in the field of geoinformation
- Harmonization and standardization of geospatial data according to geoinformation topics.
- The use of satellite images for special issues in the interest of municipalities.
ASIG participates in the regional workshop on “Strengthening professional access to information about the land, in the Western Balkans region”
Representatives of ASIG participate in the regional workshop which is taking place in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on “Strengthening professional access to land information in the Western Balkan region”, organized by the Dutch Cadastral and Mapping Agency, Kadaster, in within the SAPTIAL II project.
Cadastral and geoinformation agencies from the countries of the Western Balkans participate in this workshop.
The ASIG experts present at this workshop presented the projects developed in the field of Remote Sensing, focusing on the “Satellite Services” project.
The workshop continues with presentations and discussions on geospatial data sharing strategies.
Meeting of ASIG with representatives from “WhereTech” and “Up to you”
Meeting of the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) directors with representatives from the Italian companies “WhereTech” Srl and “Up to you” Srl, which work in the field of geoinformation, took place in the EUROPA hall premises.
The purpose of this meeting was to exchange experiences in creating and processing geospatial information through advanced remote sensing methods, as well as creating base maps. Participants discussed opportunities for collaboration in the development of various projects in the field of geoinformation.
This meeting marked an important step towards cooperation between state institutions and private companies in improving geospatial information infrastructure and implementing new technologies in this field.
Teaching practice at ASIG
Meeting between ASIG and the lecturers of the Department of Geodesy
In the premises of the Europa hall, a meeting was held between the representatives of the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) chaired by the General Director Mrs. Vilma Tomço and a group of professors from the Department of Geodesy, at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, of the Polytechnic University of Tirana, in the function of the realization of doctorates related to Horizontal and Vertical Geodetic References.
During this meeting, the current situation of the constituent networks of KRGJSH was discussed, and the realization of the first time in the Republic of Albania the calculation of the gravimetric geode “ALB-Geoid23.v1”.
ASIG representatives also expressed their readiness for continued cooperation with PhD candidates in the Department of Geodesy.
Calculation of the gravimetric geoid in the Republic of Albania
State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG) in order to achieve its objectives for the construction of the component networks of the Albanian Geodetic Reference Frame (KRGJSH), within the project “Construction of the Geodetic Reference Frame, PHASE III” took place in the premises of the Europa Hall a meeting with experts in the field of gravimetry and geoid, from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece.
ASIG experts from the Geodetic Reference Frame Sector, Department of Geodesy and Cartography discussed with AUTh professors the current situation of gravimetric data, the techniques of geoid calculation and evaluation according to contemporary methods, and the realization of relative gravimetric measurements, for the network of the order of II, in order to calculate the gravimetric geoid “ALB-Geoid23.v1”.
Meeting between ASIG and representatives of the International Telecommunication Union
General Director of the State Authority for Geospatial Information (ASIG), Mrs. Vilma Tomço held a working meeting with representatives of the International Telecommunication Union.
The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the possibility of cooperation regarding the improvement of BroadBand Mapping in the Republic of Albania
ASIG experts were also present at this meeting, and discussed the possibilities of developing various geo-information projects that could affect the telecommunications sector.
