VOL. 8, NO 1
MARCH 2003
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Editorial
- By John Trinder, ISPRS President ..........................................................................................................................................................................6
Annual Report 2002
- Report from Council
- 1. Society Activities (By Ian Dowman)..............................................................................................................................................................7
- 2. Congress (By Orhan Altan).............................................................................................................................................................................7
- 3. Membership (By Ian Dowman) ......................................................................................................................................................................8
- 4. Awards (By Larry Fritz)...................................................................................................................................................................................8
- 5. Intersociety Activities
International Council for Science (ICSU) ................................................................................................................................................10
Committee of Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) (By John Trinder) ...........................................................................................10
CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV) (By Ian Dowman)........................................................................11
COPUOS (By John Trinder and Ian Dowman).........................................................................................................................................11
- 6.Treasurer’s Report (By Ammatzia Peled) ..................................................................................................................................................12
- Technical Commission Reports
- ISPRS Technical Commission I - Sensors, Platforms and Imagery............................................................................................................13
- ISPRS Technical Commission II - Integrated System for Spatial Data Production, Custodian and Decision Support.................16
- ISPRS Technical Commission III - Theory and Algorithms .........................................................................................................................21
- ISPRS Technical Commission IV - Spatial Information Systems and Digital Mapping ..........................................................................24
- ISPRS Technical Commission V - Close-range and Vision Techniques .....................................................................................................29
- ISPRS Technical Commission VI - Education and Communication...........................................................................................................32
- ISPRS Technical Commission VII - Resource and Environmental Monitoring .......................................................................................35
- Committee and Standing Activities
- ICORSE (By Chuck Hutchinson) ...................................................................................................................................................................39
- CIPA - The Icomos & ISPRS Committee on Documentation of Cultural Heritage (By Peter Waldhäusl) ..................................39
- SPIE (By Sabry el Hakim and Ian Dowman) ................................................................................................................................................41
- ISO (By Ian Dowman,Wolfgang Kresse and Hans Knoop) .....................................................................................................................41
- ISPRS Journal (By Manos Baltsavias) ..............................................................................................................................................................42
- ISPRS Highlights (By Lucas Janssen) ..............................................................................................................................................................43
- Home Page (By Fabio Remondino) ...............................................................................................................................................................44
- ISPRS Events Calendar (By Tuan-chih Chen) ...............................................................................................................................................45
- Regional Members
- SOPAC (By Wolf Forstreuter) ........................................................................................................................................................................46
- Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS) (By Shunji Murai) ...........................................................................................................47
- European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) (By Rainer Reuter).....................................................................48
ISPRS Society
- ISPRS Council Meeting Minutes .............................................................................................................................................................51
- Report on ISPRS Commission I Mid-term Symposium
(By Dr. Beverley Adams, ImageCat Inc. and Karl Benedict, Earth Data Analysis Center, University of New Mexico)...................55
- ISPRS Council and Commission Presidents Visit an Indian Watershed
(By Lawrence W. Fritz, 1st Vice President, ISPRS)...........................................................................................................................................55
- Overview of International Workshop on Future Intelligent Earth Observing Satellites (FIEOS)
(By Dr. Guoqing Zhou, Old Dominion University) ........................................................................................................................................57
- Report on ISPRS Commission VII Mid-term Symposium on ‘Resource and Environmental Monitoring’
(By Shailesh Nayak and R. Nagaraja) .................................................................................................................................................................58
- Change of Officers ...........................................................................................................................................................................................64
- Announcement of the Proposed ASPRS Binary LIDAR Data File Format Standard (LAS)
(Submitted by ISPRS Commission I,WG3) ......................................................................................................................................................64
- Call for Papers ISPRS Commission IV Joint Workshop .................................................................................................................65
- Call for Papers ISPRS Workshop on Spatial Analysis and Decision Making .......................................................................65
- XX Congress - Turkish Cuisine
(By M. Orhan Altan, ISPRS 2004 Congress Director) ...................................................................................................................................66
From Our Members .......................................................................................................................................................................................67
Sustaining Members
- ISPRS Sustaining Members ...................................................................................................................................................................................68
Book Review
- Vertical Aerial Photography and Derived Digital Imagery: Client Specification Guidelines
(Reviewed by Peter Byrne, AAM Surveys Pty Limited, Australia) ...............................................................................................................69
Events Calendar
- ISPRS Events Calendar
(By Professor Tuan-chin CHEN, ISPRS Events Calendar Editor).................................................................................................................70
Sponsors Contribution
Applanix (inside front cover)
GITC bv (pages 4 and 50)
ISPRS Advertising Policy (page 50)
Ushikata Mfg. Co., Ltd (inside back cover)
Z/I Imaging (back cover)
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