Antonio Arozarena Villar, Subdirector General Adjunto Producción Cartográfica of Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Madrid, assumed the Presidency of EuroSDR, on behalf of Spain, at the 112th meetings of EuroSDR in Oslo, Norway on Friday 16th May 2008. Antonio, whose term of office will run until May 2010, succeeds Stig Jönsson of Lantmäteriet, the National Land Survey of Sweden who completed his two-year term at the Oslo meeting.

Ulf Sandgren was appointed as Chairman of EuroSDR's Commission 4 - Data Specifications - at the 112th meetings of EuroSDR in Oslo, Norway on Friday 16th May 2008.
Ulf Sandgren has broad experience and knowledge of geoinformation from over 35 years of work within Lantmäteriet (the National Land Survey of Sweden), the Swedish Development Council for Land Information, the County Administration in Dalarna, the Ministry of Housing and Planning and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Landmælingar Íslands (LMI), the National Land Survey of Iceland, was formally admitted as an Ordinary Member of EuroSDR at its 112th meetings in Oslo, Norway on 16th May 2008.
The history of the National Land Survey of Iceland can be traced back to the turn of the 20th century, when the surveying branch of the Danish General Staff began mapping the country.

EuroSDR and EuroGeographics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at enabling significant cooperation on areas of common interest to both organisations.
Both organisations have a common understanding that research and development is a basic and integrated part of Geographic Information and Spatial Data Infrastructures.