Land of the Midnight Fun - FIG 2017
This article was originally published inGeomatics World。
John Brock的自我任命的主席，John Brock关于今年工作周的亮点，他在右边的酒店找到了右边的酒店，而太阳从未落在芬兰啤酒上！
After paying the registration for two deserving Finn students, Olga and Tommi, I found the perfect accommodation for an Aussie at the 4-star Hotel Katajanokka, a former prison where the staff had black & white striped uniforms with the phone number across the front, while breakfast was off tin plates and cups in the basement solitary confinement block. Just the place for a colonial Irish convict far from home!
在芬兰之前,我花了三个晚上在英格兰udying the wall erected by Roman Emperor Hadrian from 122-136 to delineate the northernmost limit of the Empire. After researching this example of boundary demarcation my subsequent paper about this ancient edifice was chosen to be FIG Article of the Month for April 2017 (you can read it here: www.fig.net/resources/monthly_articles/2017/brock_april_2017.asp).
接下来，我飞往比利时，以查看根特大学的伟大赖特 - 德拉珀测量调查仪器。校教授的总部德国威尔夫仁慈地展示了他最新的收购。下一站是2017年Geo Business 2017年的辉煌秀以及习惯性的奖学金通过编辑斯蒂芬展台的英语CompatiRiots赋予了长途旅行者，芬太兄弟James Kavanagh和GW专栏作家Malcolm Draper与暗时的梦想。
调查历史研讨会
星期六早上凌晨抵达，我的第一个任务是全天调查历史研讨会的主席。我们有幸有象征副总统Mikael Lilje在购买他的一名瑞典人的几本书之后，Anders Celsius（一名在Struve Arc上工作的验船师）和500年的北欧映射。我们的董事长Jan De Graeve正式开启了与二十个知名和渴望参与者的受众们的活动。我们的第一个主持人是芬兰Arvo Kokkonen调查总干事，了解我们关于芬兰测量的历史，然后Jan谈到了其可能的延伸，非洲可能的延伸，这被贫困国家缺乏资金缺乏资金被挫败。
Monday saw the General Assembly (GA) where changes to the constitution and the venue for the 2021 Working Week were the main concerns. The final day saw a close vote chose Ghana over Poland for the 2021 Working Week. The Opening Ceremony was futuristic with 3D viewing and ending with a classic Sybelius recital with piano and cello.
拖拉机和裸体，在哪里？
委员会4/5/6晚餐于50年代的装饰Zetor举行，这是芬兰以前用于芬兰的旧捷克拖拉机的名称，其中一些例子在该处所在地站立。凭借裸体女性的照片，有一个男人的便利，这是我第一次为这家设施见过一条长线！就在Gala晚餐之前，我们中的一些人参加了慈善/在风景如画的湖泊周围漫步。芬兰大厅周围的豪华活动发生在1973年的着名芬兰建筑师Alverto的杰作。
My personal thanks to our superb hosts, the LOC led masterfully and cheerfully by Congress Director Pekka Halme, a man I proudly call my friend along with his great team of Finns including Paavo, Martti, Heli and Kiirsikka, who know how to put on an incredible show (Helsinki’s 1990 FIG Congress is still mentioned as one of the best). Our unstoppable FIG Secretariat Louise and Claudia ably assisted by Maria and Wu, must be revered for such an amazing feat of organisation led by the Executive Committee of President Chrissy Potsiou, Prof. Rudolf Staiger and Dr Diane Dumashie.
本文于2017年7月/ 8月七月/八月举行的地理世界
