Geodetski list, Vol. 76 (99) No. 4, 2022.
Review article
70 Years of the Croatian Geodetic Society
Rinaldo Paar
orcid.org/0000-0002-7781-2301
; Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
At the annual assembly of the Geodetic Section of the Society of Engineers and Technicians of Croatia (GSSETC) in December 1952, a conclusion was reached on the establishment of the Society of Geodesists of Croatia (SGC). However, due to objective organizational reasons, the society could not consolidate and be established, so SGC was founded at the GSSETC annual assembly in 1953. SGC is the first predecessor in the former state of today's Croatian Geodetic Society (CGS), which means that CGS today marks 70 years since its foundation, although geodesists in the territory of the Republic of Croatia began to join in engineering associations as far back as 1878. The history of the association of geodesists can be divided into three main periods: 1878 – 1952, 1952 – 1993 and 1993 – 2022. All three periods are presented in this paper with special emphasis on the end of the first and the beginning of the second period, while the third period is elaborated in detail. The work of CGS is presented through the main activities of the society, which are the organization of various scientific-professional and social events and the publication of the society journal Geodetski list, which is one of the ten oldest geodetic journals in the world. The main activities, challenges and merits of the society are highlighted, without which the geodetic profession could look different today. Some interesting new facts are presented, which have not been published so far in any paper that dealt with the history of the establishment and main activities of CGS. Emphasis is placed on the society as a national umbrella organization that works with the aim of coordinating the professional interests of all surveyors and all institutions and organizations on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.
Keywords
Croatian Geodetic Society; Geodetic Associations; Geodetski list; congresses; symposia; days of Croatian geodesists; FIG
Hrčak ID:
299801
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Publication date:
31.12.2022.
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