European Aerial Survey Industry Association Launches at Intergeo 2019

Aerial survey companies, equipment manufacturers, software developers and service providers from within the aerial surveying industry in Europe are being invited to join the newly established association at a reception event being held at Intergeo in Stuttgart, Germany.

The reception event takes place at 1600, Wednesday 18th September, on the COWI stand Hall 1, Stand D1.007. With Craft beer and snacks on offer, visitors to will be able to meet with members of the EAASI Board, network with other players and interested parties from the industry and learn more about the Association’s vision and ambitions.

“Representing the European aerial surveying industry in all its facets we want to promote the use of aerial survey data through education, ensure the highest possible standards within the sector, increase the influence of the industry and serve as a platform for communication and cooperation to enact positive change,” commented Simon Musäus, President of EAASI. “We can only achieve these goals if we come together as an industry with unified objectives and a single voice.”

Visitors to Intergeo are encouraged to attend the launch event which will also see the presentation of the initial working groups being established by the Association. These include European Projects, Education, Standards and Certification and Air Traffic Control.

Rachel Tidmarsh, Treasurer of EAASI, added, “We will also be using this introduction at Intergeo to announce the European Aerial Summit which will take place in Brussels on the 3^rd – 5th December 2019. Incorporating a member and observer conference, working group sessions as well as the Association’s AGM, we expect this event to fill up fast so interested parties are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible.”

Similar in concept to MAPPS (the national association of firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems fields) in the US, EAASI was incorporated in June, followed by the first Association Board meeting. In attendance were Simon Musäus, Senior Vice President, COWI and EAASI President, André Jadot, CEO of Eurosense and Vice President and Rachel Tidmarsh, Managing Director of Bluesky International and Treasurer together with Giovanni Banchini, President and CEO of CGR SPA, Aicke Damrau, Managing Director of GeoFly, Klaus Legat, Area Manager for Vermessung AVT and Florian Romanowski, President of OPEGIEKA.