60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
"TOMMY GUARDIA" OF PANAMA
On the occasion of this important anniversary, the
authorities of the National Geographic Institute
"Tommy Guardia", headed by its Director General Carlos
Laguna, President of the National Section of the PAIGH in Panama,
prepared a detailed technical and institutional program covering
17th to 21st of July, 2006.
At the head table of the event in the Salon
América of the Hotel Plaza Paitilla Inn of Panama City,
17th July, 2006, are seen, from left to right: Santiago Borrero,
Secretary General of the PAIGH; Luís Manuel Hernández,
Vice-Minister of Public Works of Panama; Carlos Laguna, Director
of the IGNTG, and Rolando Armuelles, Coordinator of PRONAT, Panama.
This inaugural event, presided over by the Vice-Minister
of Public Works, Ing. Luís Manuel Hernández
and benefiting from the presence of the Coordinator of the
National Lands Program (PRONAT), Ing. Rolando Armuelles;
the Director of the IGNTG, Ing. Carlos Laguna and the Secretary
General of the PAIGH M. Sc. Santiago Borrero, who offered
"Reflections on the present and future of the institutions
responsible for National Cartography"
Among the notable technical presentations were those offered
by geographer Alberto McKay, former
Vice-President of the PAIGH, on the theme "Development
of Geography in the PAIGH", and that of the Technical
Coordinator of PRONAT, Ing. Rolando Armuelles.
of Santiago Borrero "Reflections on the Present and Future of
National Institutions responsible for Cartography" >>>
OF THE NEW NATIONAL GEODESIC FRAME OF PANAMA (SIRGAS)
To mark the 60th anniversary of the IGNTG, Executive
Decree 139, 2006, was announced, by which the President of Panama,
Martín Torrijos, established the new national geodesic
frame and facilitated the INGTM for its coordination and maintenance,
in order to adequately implement the Geocentric Reference System
for the Americas, 2000, in a manner consistent with that stipulated
by the International Geodesic Association (IAG-IUGG), and the
In this way Panama is converted into the first country in Central
America to modernize its network with a basis in SIRGAS and one
hopes that the other states will continue the process shortly.