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Vice President Matthew B. Higgins, 2007-2010
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Curriculum Vitae
Mr. Matthew B. Higgins
Date of birth: 3 December 1960
Nationality: Australian
Status: Married to Jane with 3 children
Current Position: Principal Surveyor with the Department of
Natural Resources and Water, Queensland, Australia
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Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Science, Surveying (With Distinction),
Queensland University of Technology, 1983. Three prizes
including best academic record.
- Registered and Licensed, Surveyors Board of Queensland,
1985.
- Master of Surveying and Mapping Science, University of
Queensland, 1988.
- Presently a PhD Candidate (part time, external) at the
University of New South Wales.
Career Highlights
Established as a leader in Australia in operational Geodesy and
in the development of Global Navigation Satellite Systems,
including; Datum Transformations, GPS Controlled Photogrammetry,
Geodetic Infrastructure and establishment of the first GPS RTK
Network in the Southern Hemisphere.
Matt has received several awards during his career, including:
- The National Excellence in Surveying Award from the Institution of
Surveyors Australia in 1994.
- Australia Day Achievement Medallion in 1999.
- Award for Continuing Professional Development from the Institution
of Surveyors Australia, Queensland Division in 2000.
- Elected a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors Australia in 2001,
which has since also been recognised as a Fellow of the Spatial Sciences
Institute.
- At the 2005 Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards of the Spatial
Sciences Institute, Matt received the award for “Professional Eminence
and Excellence in the Spatial Sciences”. It represents the highest
personal award available in recognition of an individual’s contribution
to the Spatial Sciences.
Industry Representations
In 2006, Matt was elected Vice President of the International
Federation of Surveyors (Federation Internationale des Geometres - FIG)
for the calendar years 2007 to 2010. He is also the FIG representative on
the UN mandated International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite
Systems and negotiated the MoU between FIG and the UN Office for Outer
Space Affairs, which was signed in 2004.
Matt is his Department's representative on:
- The Emerging Issues and Futures Committee of the Australia and New
Zealand Land Information Council;
- The Geodesy Technical Sub-Committee of the Inter-Governmental
Committee on Surveying and Mapping for Australia and New Zealand;
- The Working Group on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) of
the Queensland Spatial Information Council;
- In recent years, Matt has also represented the Department in
research and development collaborations with the Cooperative Research
Centre for Spatial Information (CRC-SI) and the CRC for Satellite
Systems (CRC-SS);
- Matt is also a past member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the US
based magazine GPS World.
Presentations
- Higgins, Matthew, 2008, Legal Traceability of GPS Measurements in
Australia, FIG Working Week 2008, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June 2008,
(Paper 2944).
- Picco, J., M. B. Higgins, R. Sarib, G. Johnston and G. Blick, 2006,
Streamlining the Exchange of Geodetic Data in Australia and New Zealand,
XXIII FIG International Congress, International Federation of Surveyors
(FIG), Munich, Germany, 13-18 October, 2006, (Paper 0502).
- Enemark, S., and M.B. Higgins, 2006,
The
Global Development Agenda, Its Relevance to the Asia Pacific Region and
the Role of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG).
Presented at the Combined 5th Trans Tasman Survey Conference & 2nd
Queensland Spatial Industry Conference 2006 - Cairns, 18-23 September
2006.
- Higgins, M.B., C. Rizos and S. Hewitson, 2006, Next Generation
Global Navigation Satellite Systems, 5th FIG Regional Conference for
Africa, Accra, Ghana, 8-11 March 2006.
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Higgins, M.B., 2002, Australia's Changing Surveying Infrastructure from
Marks in the Ground to Virtual Reference Stations, XXII FIG
International Congress, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG),
Washington, DC, USA, 19-26 April 2002.
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Higgins, M.B., 2002, Commission 5 Activities in the Future: 2002-2006
Work Plan, XXII FIG International Congress, International Federation
of Surveyors (FIG), Washington, DC, USA, 19-26 April 2002.
- Higgins, M.B. and N. Talbot, 2001, Centimetres for Everyone: Initial
Results from an Australian Virtual Reference Station Network Pilot
Project, SatNav 2001, The 5th International Symposium on Satellite
Navigation Technology and Applications, Canberra, Australia, 24 - 27
July 2001.
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Higgins, M.B., 2001, An Australian Pilot Project for A Real Time
Kinematic GPS Network Using the Virtual Reference Station Concept,
FIG Working Week 2001, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG),
Seoul, Korea 6 - 11 May 2001.
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Higgins, M.B., 2001, Guidelines for GPS Surveying in Australia, FIG
Working Week 2001, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Seoul,
Korea 6 - 11 May 2001.
- Foster, R.W.,
M.B. Higgins and J. Ryttersgaard, 2001, Spatial Information Management
in the 21st Century, 7th United Nations Regional Cartographic
Conference for the Americas, United Nations, New York, USA, 22 - 26
January 2001.
- Sproule, D.M., A.H.W. Kearsley and M.B. Higgins, 2000, Impact of
BRAGS'99 Airborne Gravimetric Data on Geoid Computations in Australia,
and Possibilities for Utilisation of Bathymetric Information, Presented
at: IAG Conference on Gravity, Geoids and Geodynamics 2000 (GGG2000),
Banff, Alberta, 31 July - 4 August, 2000.
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Cross, P.A., M.B. Higgins and R. Lott, 2000, Reference Frames in
Practice: The Role of Professional, Scientific, Standards and Commercial
Organisations, FIG Working Week 2000, International Federation of
Surveyors (FIG), Prague, Czech Republic, 22 - 26 May 2000.
- Higgins, M.B., 2000, Heighting with GPS: Review of Limitations and
Possibilities, GIM International, Vol 14, No. 2, February 2000.
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Higgins, M.B., 1999, Positioning and Measurement into the 21st Century,
A Keynote Paper at the 6th South East Asian Surveyors Congress,
Fremantle, Australia, 1 -6 November 1999.
- Higgins, M.B., 1999, The Use of GPS for the Maintenance and
Investigation of Tidal Datum, 6th South East Asian Surveyors Congress,
Fremantle, Australia, 1 -6 November 1999.
- Paul A. Cross, P.A., P. B. H. Davies, A. H. Dodson and M. B.
Higgins, 1999, Reference Frames In Practice - FIG Working Group 5.5, FIG
Working Week 1999, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Sun
City, South Africa, May 1999.
- Higgins,
M.B., 1999, Heighting with GPS: Possibilities and Limitations, In
the Proceedings of: Geodesy and Surveying in the Future: The Importance
of Heights, Jubilee Seminar: 25 Year of Motorised Levelling, Sponsored
by Commission 5 of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG),
Gavle, Sweden, March 15-17 1999.
- Higgins, M.B., A.H. Dodson, R. Lott and R. Rodriquez, 1998,
Reference Systems and Heighting and the FIG, XXI International Congress
of the International Federation of Surveyors, Brighton, United Kingdom,
19-25 July, Reigate Press.
- Higgins, M.B., G.J. Broadbent and R. Martin, 1998, The Use of the
Global Positioning System for the Maintenance and Investigation of Tidal
Datum: A Case Study in Queensland, Australia, XXI International Congress
of the International Federation of Surveyors, Brighton, United Kingdom,
19-25 July, Reigate Press.
- Higgins, M.B., R. Forsberg and A.H.W. Kearsley, 1998, The Effects of
Varying Cap Sizes on Geoid Computations: Experiences with FFT and Ring
Integration, in: R. Forsberg, M. Feissl, and R. Deitrich (eds), Geodesy
on the Move: Gravity, Geoid, Geodynamics and Antartica, IAG Symposia
Vol. 119, Springer, Berlin Germany.
Contacts
Matt Higgins
Manager Geodesy and Positioning
Department of Environment and Resource Management
Locked Bag 40
COORPAROO DC
Qld 4151 Australia
(Level 2, Landcentre, Corner of Main and Vulture Streets
Woolloongabba, Qld, 4102)
Tel: +61 7 389 63754
Fax: +61 7 3896 3697
Email:
matt.higgins@nrw.qld.gov.au
Web page:
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/property/surveying
17 April 2009
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