The idea of multilingual geodesic glossary arose from the need to achieve easier international scientific and technical collaboration in geodesy. Due to the UNESCO’s support, the idea was turned into a decision and in 1964 Dictionnarie multilingue de la FIG (DMFIG) – geodesic glossary in French, English and German – appeared. This masterpiece was the foundation for the eight-lingual geodesic glossary published in Belgrade in 1980 by the Association of Geodetic Engineers and Surveyors of Yugoslavia. Large number of experts – as individuals or through their institutions – took part in the creation of about 5,500 entries in Serbo-Croat (Croat-Serbian), Slovenian, Macedonian, Albanian, French, English, German and Russian languages.