Federation Internationale des Geometers esale e le setho ho tloha ka 1992.
The International Federation of Surveyors (Federation Internationale des Geometers, FIG) e thehiloe 1878 ke mekhatlo e supileng ea litho tsa Europe, 'me ke Mokhatlo oa Machaba a Kopaneng le Banka ea Lefatše e amoheloang ke mokhatlo oa machaba o seng oa 'muso oa mekhatlo ea litho tsa naha, mekhatlo ea cadastral le 'mapa le litšebeletso, liunivesithi. le lik'hamphani tse tsoang linaheng tse fetang 120. FIG e akaretsa mefuta eohle ea mafapha a litsebi ka har'a sechaba sa lefats'e sa boithuto, lipatlisiso, cadastre, valuation, mapping, geodesy, geospatial, le quantity surveyors mme e fana ka foramo ea machaba ea lipuisano le nts'etsopele e ikemiselitseng ho khothaletsa ts'ebetso le maemo a litsebi.
FIG e tsejoa lefatšeng ka bophara e le mokhatlo o ka sehloohong oa machaba oo e seng oa 'muso mabapi le tlhahisoleseding ea geospatial le tsamaiso ea "naha", "leoatle" le tikoloho "e hahiloeng". Ke mosebetsi oa bafuputsi ho fumana boholo le sebōpeho sa lefatše, ho etsa 'mapa oa bokaholimo ba lona le ho le laola ka tsela e tsitsitseng.