8th meeting of the Coordinating Committee of Struve Geodetic Arc (SGA) has been organised by Rosreestr under support of St. Petersburg Association of Geodesy and Cartography and Russian Geographical Society (all from Russian Federation) in St. Petersburg at 12-14 September 2018. The purpose of the meeting - national reports of the primary representatives of the Committee, discuss and exchange best practice and common rules in order to protect, preserve, present and promote the World Heritage property “Struve Geodetic Arc” as an entire trans-boundary object.

A participation in the SGA Coordinating Committee meetings as usual was open to national and international experts, representatives of governmental and non-governmental organisations and individuals, whom deal with activities related to SGA or protection of antiquities in field of geodesy in the territories of the State Parties.

Documents and Presentations

• Draft Agenda (EN, pdf)
• Presentation “Arc United Peoples” (A. Bogdanov)
• Film "Going to Gogland"
• Presentation Interactive map “Struve Geodetic Arc”
• Presentation “Galial Point of the Struve Geodetic Arc - Example of Connection between Science, Culture and Spirituality” (V.Gleyzer)
• Film “Without Borders and Politics”
• Presentation “To Preserve the Monument Meridianstøtta – the End Point” (G.J.Valen)
• Presentation “Struve Geodetic Arc as a Tool for Spatial Thinking and Cooperation Developer” (J.Kaminskis)
• Presentation “Status of web page Struvearc.wikidot.com” (I.Liepins)
• Presentation “Military Surveyors on Degree Measurements of the Russian-Scandinavian Meridian Arc (Struve Geodetic Arc)” (R.Vuchko, V.Frolov) and the aligned presentation "Materials of Russian Military Surveyors"
• Presentation "Organizational Aspects Supporting the Work of Coordinating Committee of SGA" (S.Urbanas)
• National Report of the Russian Federation (F.Shkurov)
• National Report of Norway (P.C.Brathreim)
• National Report of Sweden (D.O.Norin)
• National Report of Finland (J. Tapani Puupponen)
• National Report of Estonia (K.Kollo)
• National Report of Latvia (I.Liepins)
• National Report of Lithuania (S.Urbanas on behalf of A.Kalantaite)
• National Report of Belarus (F.Levsha), notes of the presentation in English; aligned presentation "Struve Geodetic Arc activities in Belarus 2017-2018",
• National Report of Moldova (M.Ovdii)
• Resolutions (v4)