ISPRS
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The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is a non-governmental organization devoted to the development of international cooperation for the advancement of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences and their applications.
Established in 1910 by Professor Dolezal from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, ISPRS is the oldest international umbrella organization in its fields, which may be summarized as addressing “information from imagery.”
The Society's scientific interests include photogrammetry, remote sensing, spatial information systems and related disciplines, as well as applications in cartography, geodesy, surveying, natural, Earth and engineering sciences, and environmental monitoring and protection. Further applications include industrial design and manufacturing, architecture and monument preservation, medicine and others.
Spatial Information Science is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable spatial, spectral and temporal relationships between physical objects, and of processes for integration with other data for analysis, portrayal and representation, independently of scale. (see Statute II of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).
Over the last 80 years the principal application of photogrammetry has been the compilation of maps from aerial photographs. During the most recent decade photogrammetry and remote sensing have provided the primary source data for Geographic Information Systems. There has been, in addition, a continuing development of applications of photogrammetric close-range techniques in many other fields - engineering, architecture, archaeology, medicine, law, machine vision etc.
Surveillance and environmental imaging and interpretative studies from aircraft and Earth satellites, using sensors which operate in the various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum -ultraviolet, visible, infrared, thermal, and microwave - have come to be called "Remote Sensing". There is no special significance, however, in the degree of "remoteness" of the sensor from the object surveyed, and any form of non-contact observation can be regarded as remote sensing. There is no clear-cut distinction between photogrammetry and remote sensing, and it is for this reason that the Society changed its name from the International Society of Photogrammetry to the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 1980’.
The ISPRS scientific and technical programs are organized by eight Technical Commissions. Each Commission is divided into a number of Working Groups which are responsible for particular topics within the Commissions' areas of responsibility. The ISPRS conference program includes a quadrennial Congress, Technical Commission Symposia held in the even numbered year between the Congresses and workshops organized by the Working Groups at regular intervals.
(see Statute IV of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).
The General Assembly determines the general policy of the Society and is the supreme authority for all decisions. Each Member organization appoints one delegate (with two advisers) to attend the meetings of the General Assembly held during Congresses. (see Statute X and Bylaw X).
The Council is elected by the General Assembly and conducts the normal administrative affairs of the Society in the interval between meetings of the General Assembly in accordance with the Statutes and Bylaws, and the directives of the General Assembly and the Congress. (see Statute XI and Bylaw XI).
The Congress convenes every four years and consists of all the photogrammetrists, remote sensing and spatial information specialists present who are affiliated with a Member organization and others who have been invited. The Congress site is selected by the General Assembly from proposals made by Members. (see Statute IX and Bylaw IX).
The ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the official journal of the Society. It contains rigorously reviewed papers describing scientific and technical activities in the fields of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences and is a primary channel of communication on the scientific achievements of ISPRS, for specialists in all countries working in the many disciplines which apply photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences.
The ISPRS Highlights is the official e – bulletin of the Society. If contains such items as the ISPRS Annual Reports, general news of ISPRS activities, event reports of ISPRS sponsored conferences, officers lists, keynote speeches, book, project and technology reviews, minutes of Council and Technical Commission meetings, and calls for papers etc.
Subscriptions
Members remit annual subscription fees to the Treasurer of ISPRS on a scale determined by the General Assembly.
The Congress is financed by the Member organization of the host country from registration and exhibition fees.
Each Technical Commission is financed by its sponsoring Member.
A service fee is assessed to the Congress and Symposia for administrative support.
The financial affairs of the Society are monitored by a Financial Commission elected by the General Assembly.
) and has significant relations with several arms of the UN, related international scientific societies and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISPRS works with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA
) to organize workshops and has representatives on CEOS and ISO Working Groups.
The ISPRS Foundation website: www.isprs.org/foundation
CIPA Heritage Documentation
Established in 1910 by Professor Dolezal from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, ISPRS is the oldest international umbrella organization in its fields, which may be summarized as addressing “information from imagery.”
The Society's scientific interests include photogrammetry, remote sensing, spatial information systems and related disciplines, as well as applications in cartography, geodesy, surveying, natural, Earth and engineering sciences, and environmental monitoring and protection. Further applications include industrial design and manufacturing, architecture and monument preservation, medicine and others.
Definitions
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information, from noncontact imaging and other sensor systems, about the Earth and its environment, and other physical objects and processes through recording, measuring, analysing and representation.Spatial Information Science is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable spatial, spectral and temporal relationships between physical objects, and of processes for integration with other data for analysis, portrayal and representation, independently of scale. (see Statute II of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).
Over the last 80 years the principal application of photogrammetry has been the compilation of maps from aerial photographs. During the most recent decade photogrammetry and remote sensing have provided the primary source data for Geographic Information Systems. There has been, in addition, a continuing development of applications of photogrammetric close-range techniques in many other fields - engineering, architecture, archaeology, medicine, law, machine vision etc.
Surveillance and environmental imaging and interpretative studies from aircraft and Earth satellites, using sensors which operate in the various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum -ultraviolet, visible, infrared, thermal, and microwave - have come to be called "Remote Sensing". There is no special significance, however, in the degree of "remoteness" of the sensor from the object surveyed, and any form of non-contact observation can be regarded as remote sensing. There is no clear-cut distinction between photogrammetry and remote sensing, and it is for this reason that the Society changed its name from the International Society of Photogrammetry to the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 1980’.
Role of ISPRS
The principal activities of ISPRS are:- Stimulating the formation of national or regional Societies of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
- Initiating and coordinating research in photogrammetry and remote sensing and spatial information sciences.
- Holding international Symposia and Congresses at regular intervals.
- Ensuring worldwide circulation of the records of discussion and the results of research by publication of the International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences.
- Encouraging the publication and exchange of scientific papers and journals dealing with photogrammetry and remote sensing.
The ISPRS scientific and technical programs are organized by eight Technical Commissions. Each Commission is divided into a number of Working Groups which are responsible for particular topics within the Commissions' areas of responsibility. The ISPRS conference program includes a quadrennial Congress, Technical Commission Symposia held in the even numbered year between the Congresses and workshops organized by the Working Groups at regular intervals.
(see Statute IV of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).
Technical Commissions
The technical commissions are responsible for, and manage all aspects of, the scientific and technical activities of ISPRS.| Commission I | Image Data Acquisition - Sensors and Platforms | www.commission1.isprs.org |
| Commission II | Theory and Concepts of Spatial Information Science | www.commission2.isprs.org |
| Commission III | Photogrammetric Computer Vision and Image Analysis | www.commission3.isprs.org |
| Commission IV | and Digital Mapping | www.commission4.isprs.org |
| Commission V | Close-Range Sensing: Analysis and Applications | www.commission5.isprs.org |
| Commission VI | Education and Outreach | www.commission6.isprs.org |
| Commission VII | Thematic Processing, Modeling and Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data | www.commission7.isprs.org |
| Commission VII | Remote Sensing Applications and Policies | www.commission8.isprs.org |
Modes of Operation
The principal elements for directing and managing the Society are the General Assembly, the Council, and the Congress.The General Assembly determines the general policy of the Society and is the supreme authority for all decisions. Each Member organization appoints one delegate (with two advisers) to attend the meetings of the General Assembly held during Congresses. (see Statute X and Bylaw X).
The Council is elected by the General Assembly and conducts the normal administrative affairs of the Society in the interval between meetings of the General Assembly in accordance with the Statutes and Bylaws, and the directives of the General Assembly and the Congress. (see Statute XI and Bylaw XI).
The Congress convenes every four years and consists of all the photogrammetrists, remote sensing and spatial information specialists present who are affiliated with a Member organization and others who have been invited. The Congress site is selected by the General Assembly from proposals made by Members. (see Statute IX and Bylaw IX).
ISPRS Council 2008-2012
- President: Orhan Altan (Turkey)
- Secretary General: Chen Jun (China)
- First Vice President: Ian Dowman (UK)
- Second Vice President: Ammatzia Peled (Israel)
- Congress Director: Cliff Ogleby (Australia)
- Treasurer: Mike Renslow (USA)
Publications of ISPRS
The International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences contain the proceedings and the scientific and technical presentations of each Congress, edited and distributed by the Member organization responsible for the Congress. The scientific and technical presentations at Technical Commission Symposia are also published by the sponsoring Member as volumes of the Archives.The ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the official journal of the Society. It contains rigorously reviewed papers describing scientific and technical activities in the fields of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences and is a primary channel of communication on the scientific achievements of ISPRS, for specialists in all countries working in the many disciplines which apply photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences.
The ISPRS Highlights is the official e – bulletin of the Society. If contains such items as the ISPRS Annual Reports, general news of ISPRS activities, event reports of ISPRS sponsored conferences, officers lists, keynote speeches, book, project and technology reviews, minutes of Council and Technical Commission meetings, and calls for papers etc.
Finances
ISPRS is supported financially from four main sources:Subscriptions
Members remit annual subscription fees to the Treasurer of ISPRS on a scale determined by the General Assembly.
The Congress is financed by the Member organization of the host country from registration and exhibition fees.
Each Technical Commission is financed by its sponsoring Member.
A service fee is assessed to the Congress and Symposia for administrative support.
The financial affairs of the Society are monitored by a Financial Commission elected by the General Assembly.
International Activities
ISPRS is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), the Group on Earth Observation (GEO), the Committee for Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), a union member of the International Council for Science (ICSUInternational Council for Science
The International Council for Science , formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science...
) and has significant relations with several arms of the UN, related international scientific societies and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISPRS works with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is an organization of the General Assembly charged with implementing the Assembly's outer space-related policies. It is located in the United Nations Office in Vienna. The Office implements the Program on Space Applications and maintains the...
) to organize workshops and has representatives on CEOS and ISO Working Groups.
External links
ISPRS website: www.isprs.orgThe ISPRS Foundation website: www.isprs.org/foundation
CIPA Heritage Documentation
CIPA (organization)
CIPA is one of the oldest International Scientific Committees of ICOMOS . CIPA was founded in 1968 jointly with ISPRS to facilitate the transfer of technology from the measurement sciences into the heritage documentation and recording disciplines.CIPA originally stood for the...