Table of Contents
Welcome to the XXI ISPRS Congress
1
2
Introduction by the Congress Director, Chen Jun
ISPRS 2004 - 2008
4
The ISPRS Council
5
Technical Commission Presidents
6
Financial Commission
7
Editors of ISPRS Publications
8
Technical Commissions (TC) and Working Groups (WG)
ISPRS 2008 - 2012
10
50
The ISPRS Council
51
Technical Commission Presidents
52
Editors of ISPRS Publications
53
Financial Commission
55
Regional Representatives
55
Honorary Members
56
Ordinary Members
57
Associate Members
67
Sustaining Members
68
Regional Members
74
Opening Ceremony
84
Programme of the Opening Ceremony
Welcome Address by Mr. Lu Xinshe, Vice Minister, Ministry of Land and Resources; Director General,
State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China 86
Opening Speech by Prof. Ian Dowman, President of ISPRS
87
General Assemblies
85
90
Ordinary Member Delegates and Advisers to ISPRS General Assembly
91
Non-Voting Delegates and Advisers to ISPRS General Assembly
93
Agenda of ISPRS General Assemblies
94
Decisions of the General Assembly
95
Minutes of ISPRS General Assemblies
96
Report of ISPRS President Ian Dowman to the General Assembly for 2004 - 2008
105
Report of ISPRS Treasurer Stanley Morain to the General Assembly for 2004 - 2008
110
Report of ISPRS Journal Editor-In-Chief George Vosselman to the General Assembly
for 2004-2008
115
Report of ISPRS Secretary General Orhan Altan to the General Assembly for 2004 - 2008 122
Report on Inter–Organizational Relations, Ian Dowman
133
Report of ISPRS Highlights Editor-In-Chief Orhan Altan to the General Assembly for 2004 - 2008
136
Report of ISPRS Webmaster Fabio Remondino to the General Assembly for 2004 - 2008
137
Report of ISPRS Book Series Editor Paul Aplin to the General Assembly for 2004 - 2008
138
Report of International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) to the General Assembly
by Armin Gruen, ISAC Chairman
Report of International Committee for Architectural Photogrammetry (CIPA) to the General Assembly
by Cliff Ogleby, CIPA Chairman
Report of ISPRS Ad-hoc Group on Standards to the General Assembly for 2004 - 2008,
by Wolfgang Kresse
Report of ISPRS Financial Commission Chair Petros Patias to the General Assembly
for 2004-2008
Scientific Programme
141
143
149
150
153
Overall Programme
154
Tutorials and Workshops
155
Reports of Technical Commission Presidents on XXI ISPRS Congress
167
Youth Forum
173
Congress Daily
176
ISPRS Awards
179
ISPRS Awards 2008
180
ISPRS Honorary Member 180
The Brock Gold Medal
The Otto von Gruber Award
The U.V. Helava Award
The Wang Zhizhuo Award
The Gino Cassinis Award
The Eduard Dolezal Award
The Schwidefsky Medal
The Willem Schermerhorn Award
The Samuel Gamble Award
President's Citations
180
181
181
181
182
182
182
183
183
184
ISPRS Award Winners 1956 - 2008
185
ISPRS Congress Beijing Awards
188
The ISPRS Foundation
190
Exhibition
193
Exhibitors’ Showcases
194
Exhibitors
195
Technical Visits
203
Social Programme
205
Congress Social Programme
206
Optional Tours
206
Closing Ceremony
207
Programme of the Closing Ceremony
208
Report of Congress Director Chen Jun
209
Address of Outgoing President Ian Dowman
211
Address of Incoming President Orhan Altan
212
Address of Incoming Congress Director Cliff Ogleby
Resolutions
215
216
Beijing Declaration
217
Approved Resolutions of the XXI ISPRS Congress 2008
218
List of Participants
227
ISPRS Congress Organizing Committee
247
History & ISPRS Permanent Committees
249
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and
Spatial Information Sciences (IAPRSIS)
250
Chronology of ISPRS
254
The International Policy Advisory Committee (IPAC)
259
The International Science Advisory Committee (ISAC) 259
The International Committee on Remote Sensing of Environment (ICORSE)
260
The International Committee for Architectural Photogrammetry (CIPA)
261
Legislative Documents
262
Statutes
263
Bylaws
267
ISPRS Awards Policy
279
ISPRS Awards Nomination Deadlines
279
ISPRS Awards Nomination Committee
280
The Brock Gold Medal Award
280
The Otto Von Gruber Award
282
The U.V. Helava Award
283
The Giuseppe Inghilleri Award
284
The Eduard Dolezal Award
285
The Schwidefsky Medal
286
The Schermerhorn Award
287
The Samuel Gamble Award
288
The Wang Zhizhuo Award
288
The Karl Kraus Medal
289
Guidelines-Candidates for Members of the Council
290
Guidelines-Members Planning to Host an ISPRS Congress
291
Guidelines for Hosting a Technical Commission
292
Guidelines for Conducting a Working Group
293
Terms of Reference for Sustaining Members
294
Obituaries
295
Georges Masson d'Autume (1916 - 2006)
296
Madeleine Godefroy (- 2006)
297
Robin Letellier (1944 - 2007)
297
Chor-Pang (C.P.) Lo (1939 - 2007)
298
Y.C. Lee (1948 - 2004)
299
Karl Kraus (1939 - 2005)
300
Alden Partridge Colvocoresses (1918 - 2007)
301