VOL. 7, NO 4
DECEMBER 2002
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Table of Contents
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Editorial
- By M. Orhan Altan, ISPRS Congress Director ...................................................................................................................................................6
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ISPRS Society
- Report on Mid Term Symposium TC II
(By Chunqing Wang, Beijing, China)......................................................................................................................................................................7
- Report on Mid Term Symposium TC III
(By Franz Leberl and Rainer Kalliany, Graz, Austria)........................................................................................................................................9
- Report on Mid Term Symposium TC V
(By Thomas Luhmann, Oldenburg, Germany)..................................................................................................................................................12
- Report on Mid Term Symposium TC VI
(By Tania Maria Sausen and João Ávila).............................................................................................................................................................13
- ISPRS Gains Full Union Membership of the International Council for Science (ICSU)
(By John Trinder, ISPRS President)......................................................................................................................................................................16
- Obituary Dr. Mohamed Mosaad Allem
(By Omar Allam, Gordon Plunkett and Ian Dowman) ..................................................................................................................................17
- XX Congress - Did You Know Turkey
(By M. Orhan Altan, ISPRS 2004 Congress Director) ...................................................................................................................................18
- Report on The International Workshop on Mobile and Internet GIS
(By Prof. Jianya Gong and Prof. Zhilin Li)..........................................................................................................................................................21
- Planned Workshop: Global Environmental Databases:The Next Step(s)
(By Ryutaro Tateishi and David Hastings).........................................................................................................................................................22
- Call for Papers - ISPRS Conference on Photogrammetric Image Analysis (PIA ‘03)
(By Helmut Mayer).................................................................................................................................................................................................23
- New Administrative Secretary of Commission IV ...........................................................................................................................26
- A Joint ISPRS-CNES Initiative
(By Manfred Schroeder) .......................................................................................................................................................................................26
- Workshop on ‘3-D Reconstruction from Airborne Laser Scanner and InSAR Data’ ......................................................27
- Illustration.............................................................................................................................................................................................................28
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Article
- Remote Sensing in Mongolia
(By S. Khudulmur and M. Erdenetuya, National Remote Sensing Center, Mongolia) .............................................................................29
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Interview
- Co-ordinating Geographic Information within Europe
(By Jacques Sipkes, Contributing Editor, GIM International)........................................................................................................................33
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Review
- Intergeo Congress and Trade Show
(By Mathias Lemmens, Editor, GIM International) ..........................................................................................................................................36
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From Our Members
- OEEPE Agrees to Change Name to EuroSDR ...................................................................................................................................39
- Report on UNESCO Activities to EARSeL Council on 18th January 2002
(By Robert Missotten, Earth Sciences Division, UNESCO) .........................................................................................................................39
- Second Announcement 2nd International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality..............................................................40
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Sustaining Members
ISPRS Sustaining Members ...................................................................................................................................................................................41
Profile of New Sustaining Members ..................................................................................................................................................................42
News from Sustaining Members.........................................................................................................................................................................43
Other News ............................................................................................................................................................................................................45
Events Calendar
- ISPRS Events Calendar
(By Professor Tuan-chin CHEN, ISPRS Events Calendar Editor).................................................................................................................46
Sponsors Contribution
Applanix (inside front cover)
GITC bv (pages 32 and 35)
ISPRS Official Symposium Dates 2002 (page 4)
ISPRS Advertising Policy (page 28)
Ushikata Mfg. Co., Ltd (back cover)
Z/I Imaging (inside back cover)
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