EUROGEOGRAPHICS - Key Persons
Alina manages all our IT projects and infrastructure including our website, as well as ensuring the smooth running of the office.
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- Head of Partnerships and Sustainability
Angela is responsible for data strategy and ensuring the EuroGeographics vision to facilitate access to members' data continues to be realised in a way that ensures long-term sustainability.
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- Head of Representation and Stakeholder Engagement
Carol leads EuroGeographics representation activies and stakeholder engagement, including the extensive knowledge exchange programme. She also provides the Secretariat to UN-GGIM: Europe, promoting its activities and ensuring that relevant organisations are well informed about the initiative.
Colin Bray is Head of National Mapping, Tailte Éireann.
Colin has more than twenty-five years' experience in strategic geospatial information management. He was CEO and Chief Survey Officer, Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) from 2013 until its merger with the Property Registration Authority and Valuation Office to form Tailte Éireann.
He holds a Master of Science Degree in Management/Organisational Behaviour, a European Honours degree in Geodetic Engineering, and a Diploma in Geo-Surveying. He was the first Chartered Geomatics Surveyor to become President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI).
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- Deputy Director of the Federal Administration for Geodetic
Denis Tabučić is Deputy Director of the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Real Property Affairs (FGA), Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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- Deputy Director of the National Geographic Institute of Spain
He is also Director of the National Centre for Geographic Information, President of the Advisory Board of Spanish Spatial Data Infrastructure and Spain's representative on the INSPIRE Committee and the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History.
Emilio is particularly interested in new standards and technologies, the evolution of INSPIRE , High Value Data and the Open Data Directive, volunteer GI and citizens data, and the full integration of official geospatial data in eGovernment.
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864), professor of the Tartu University and the long-time head of the University's astronomy observatory, systematised the results of the selected measurements of the fragments of the triangulation networks for calculating the meridian's Arcand described them in a final report, Arc du Méridien de 25°20'. Based on this work by F. G. W. von Struve, in 1888 the length of the Earth's meridian was calculated by the geodesist I. Bonsdorff.
The points on the triangulation chain were monumented by laid fieldstones, bound together with limewash in the dug pit. At the top stone the hole was drilled. The hole was filled with lead and the cross was marked on it in the centre. In the north part of the Struve Geodetic Arc, the centres of the triangulation points were often marked with signs in solid rocks. For measuring angles, wooden pyramids (triangulation towers) were built at the points; reaching up to 50 m. in some places. Optical devices were used to measure the angles between points, by means of celestial bodies the astronomical latitude and the astronomical azimuth of direction towardsthe neighboring point were determined, at the bases - the lengths of the lines.
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- Communication and Representation Officer
Giuseppe is responsible for our social media and contributes to our communications to both members and external stakeholders. He also provides support to the Secretariat to UN-GGIM: Europe and for our representation activities.
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- Co - Chair of Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network
- Co - Chair of the Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network
- Head of the Valuations Department at the Belgian Cadastre
Jolien Neckebroeck is Co-Chair of the Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network (CLR KEN).
Jolien is Head of the Valuations Department at the Belgian Cadastre. She and her team are responsible for monitoring changes to Belgian real estate and updating the cadastral documentation. They value real estate in Belgium and abroad for tax purposes and develop tools that allow all cadastral services in Belgium to manage the patrimony.
With her background in international relations and diplomacy, Jolien is also a pivotal figure between the Belgian Cadastre and numerous external partners at national, regional and international level.
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- Chairman of the Quality Knowledge Exchange Network
Data quality expert, Karin Mertens is Chair of EuroGeographics Quality Knowledge Exchange Network.
Karin is Quality Control Manager at NGI.
As Chair of the Quality Knowledge Exchange Network, Karin leads a European network of data quality experts who share best practice and exchange experiences to support data interoperability.
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- Deputy Director
- Chairman of the INSPIRE Knowledge Exchange Network
National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) specialist, Marcin Grudzień chairs EuroGeographics INSPIRE Knowledge Exchange Network.
Marcin is Deputy Director Strategy, International Cooperation and Public Information Department for the Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGIK) in Poland. His experience includes coordinating the national technical implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and he also took an active role in building Poland's fourth-biggest public sector IT system, addressing technical, semantic, operational and legal aspects for its stakeholders.
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- Senior Research and Policy Officer
Marjana researches topics of interest to our members and monitors policy news from the EU Institutions to ensure they are kept up to date with developments.
Martin Salzmann is Strategy Lead at The Netherlands' Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster).
Martin is currently actively involved in shaping the Netherlands' Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), digitalisation of the public sector and strategic planning for Kadaster. He has held numerous advisory and management positions within Kadaster and is a previous President of EuroSDR where he fostered the cooperation with EuroGeographics.
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- Senior Project Coordinator
Matina is responsible for delivering tasks within EU-funded projects and executing high level administrative actions related to EU-funded projects.
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- Head of External Affairs at Ordnance Survey
Matt joined OS from the UK Space Agency, and with a history in partnership building and public policy, he helps ensure it fulfils its public task as National Mapping Service for Great Britain.
He is an expert in remote sensing and photogrammetric computer vision for geodata collection systems and smart cities with a strong interest in national mapping trategies and economical models, Open Science and Innovation, the link between Science and Policy, and in strengthening the links between agencies, industry and academia around global challenges.
Oliwia Marszalek Intern Oliwia is involved with webinars, the production and dissemination of EuroGeographics datasets, and assists with the Open Maps For Europe (OME2) project, which is co-funded by the European Union. oliwia.marszalek@eurogeographics.org
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- Head of Finance and Administration
Paolo ensures that we comply with all our fiscal and regulatory requirements as an AISBL. In addition to managing the Associations finances, he has overall responsibility for HR and administrative activities.
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- Membership and Communications Manager
Patricia is the first point of contact and support for our members. She ensures they are kept up to date with our activities and helps to promote their expertise at exhibitions and events.
Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu is the Head of the president's executive unit at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) where he is responsible for coordinating BKG's international activities. He has 20 years' experience in strategic and policy issues as well as international project management in the field of geospatial information.
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- Is Director of Maps
- Public Relations Consultant
Rhian is Director of Maps and Legends PR in Estonia and our contact for PR and the press. She provides strategic PR advice and practical support for communications, including traditional and social media.
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- Executive Director
- Secretary General
- Operations
Sallie leads the EuroGeographics Head Office team and reports to the Management Board. She champions our members' data, services and expertise by building constructive partnerships with European and global stakeholders.
Sallie is also responsible for internal management and operational delivery, as well as coordinating membership and communications activities, and the Association's events programme, which includes the General Assembly.
Sallie Payne Snell is Secretary General and Executive Director of EuroGeographics. A highly respected senior manager, she has an international network of geospatial contacts gained through extensive relationship and reputation management experience.
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- Head of the Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia
He has extensive professional and academic geospatial experience having successfully delivered a range of community programs and initiatives, as well as international collaborations.
As Head of the Cadastre Committee, he has implemented a number of crucial reforms, includiing an electronic services online platform; a national geographic portal with constantly updated metadata and basic layers as part of the formation of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI); and the maparmenia.am platform.
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- Is Director General of the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia
He is a public sector specialist with extensive experience in geodetic authority, geoinformation, land cadastre, spatial data infrastructure and governmental reform. Tomaž is actively involved in the activities of UN GGIM and has acted as Chair of the UN-GGIM: Europe Executive Committee since 2018.
He is a graduate of the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Geodetic Engineering (Bcs) and holds a Masters from the University of Maribor, Faculty of Organisational Sciences Kranj.
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- Co - Chair
- Co - Chair of the Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network
Vents Priedoliņš is Co-Chair of the Cadastre and Land Registry Knowledge Exchange Network (CLR KEN).
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- Project Manager - Data Access and Integration
Victoria is responsible for the delivery of our data activities, with a focus on our European-funded project Open Maps for Europe. She is also responsible for the coordination of the production, licensing and user management of EuroGeographics' pan-European products.