April 22nd 2002
16.30 - 17.30 (allow 30 minutes for travel by Metro)
On a first-come, first-served basis, registrants are welcome to attend an exclusive free reception at the National Museum of American History. Limited to 100 people, the reception will present the opportunity to see some of America's treasures owned by the Smithsonian. The one-hour program will be presented by Deborah Warner, curator of the instrument collection at the NMAH.

April 23rd 2002
Session HS1. 09.00 to 10.30 Lines of Distinction.
Chairman W Soderberg (USA)
Stargazers, Ax-men and Milkmaids. The Men Who Surveyed Mason & Dixon's line.
  Todd M. Babcock. (USA)
The Work of Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon.
  Edwin Danson (UK).
The Fairfax Line Survey.
  David Lee Ingram (USA)

Session HS2. 11.00 to 12.30 Great surveyors.
Chairlady Jane Insley (UK)
Swiss Precision for U.S. Mapping - Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler - First Chief of U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and US Bureau of Standards.
  Thomas Glatthard & Alfred Bollinger (Switzerland)
Verplanck Colvin - American Wilderness Surveyor & Savior.
  Prof. Kermit Remele (USA)
Major Andrew Ellicott. Colonial American Astronomical Surveyor, Patriot, Cartographer, Legislator, Scientific Instrument Maker, Boundary Commissioner & Professor of Mathematics.
  Gregory C. Spies (USA)

Session HS3. 14.00 to 15.30 The influence of the Spanish and of National Organisations.
Chairman D A Wallis (UK)
The Spanish Influence on Surveying & Mapping in the Americas.
  Roy Minnick. (USA)
The Impact of Spanish Land Grants on the Development of Florida and the South Eastern United States.
  Dr Joe Knetsch (USA)
History of Surveying in Alaska and the Arctic.
  Gerald Jennings (Alaska)

Session HS4. 16.00 to 17.30 In the Andes of South America
Chairman J De Graeve (Belgium)
The Meridian Arc Measure in Peru 1735-1745
  Jim Smith (UK)
"Lower it would not go"- Travel Amongst the Great Andes by Edward Whymper in 1879-1880.
  Jane Insley. (UK)
General discussion of the day's papers.

Special history exhibits will be hosted by:
NOAA
The Surveyors Historical Society
William Austin Burt Exhibit. (The Surveying Museum, Lansing, Michigan).

Reservation Information:
Booking details and forms are obtainable from: registernow@conferencemanagers.com or www.fig2002.com or FIG Registration Coordinator, 6220 Montrose Rd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. Tel. 301-9984-9450 For full-registrants at the Congress, the cost of the history sessions on April 23rd are included. The fee for non-FIG registrants for the history sessions on April 23rd is $175. This day-rate fee will also cover entry to the FIG Exhibitor's Reception. Included in the cost of either registration will be the Proceedings of the history sessions, to be published by Professional Surveyor Magazine.