Reprinted from 
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING 
May 
1964 
National Report 
of the American Society of Photogrammetry 
to the Tenth International Congress on Photogrammetry 
Rupert B. Southard, Jr. 
Chairman, ASP International 
Liaison Committee 
The statement of aims of the American Society of Photogrammetry reads, in part, 
as follows: “The objective and business of the Society is to advance knowledge in the 
science and art of photogrammetry, to provide means for the dissemination of new 
knowledge and information, and thus to encourage the free exchange of ideas and 
intercourse among those contributing to the advancement of photogrammetry.” 
During the four-year period since the IX International Congress, held in London, the 
American Society of Photogrammetry has made steady progress toward a realization 
of these aims, and indicates promise of a continued healthy growth in membership, 
and in scope and magnitude of influence. 
General membership in the Society stands at over 3600 members; in addition, 
there are 400 student members and 88 sustaining members. 
Individually and collectively, members of the Society have contributed in the 
following ways: 
1. Improvement of cameras and camera platforms, lenses and films for the as 
surance of more complete and accurate input data for photogrammetric sys 
tems. 
2. Improved navigational and guidance systems for aircraft performing mapping 
and reconnaissance missions. 
3. Development and increased use of environmental sensors for the non-visible 
parts of the spectrum, particularly infrared. 
4. Increased knowledge and use of airborne sensing equipment such as airborne 
profile recorders, magnetometers, gravimeters, radio and audiofrequency de 
vices, acoustical equipment, scintillometers, high-energy particle detectors, 
and many other devices. 
5. Improvements in interpretative concepts and techniques for increasing knowl 
edge, from the products of optical and nonoptical sensors. 
6. Increased availability of several types of electronic distance measuring equip 
ment, that have already significantly streamlined operations for the obtaining 
of precise ground control for photogrammetric purposes. 
7. Constant improvement and development of better instrumentation for the 
processing of aerial photographic data, such as stereoscopic compilation instru 
ments, diapositive printers with automatic density control, monocomparators, 
stereocomparators, coordinate plotters, and numerous accessory instruments 
to furnish additional precision, flexibility, efficiency, and economy for the solu 
tions to a growing list of photogrammetric problems. 
8. Development of concepts and equipment for automatic mapping. 
9. Continuing development of concepts and techniques for analytical extension 
of control, with increased understanding of the proper role of the electronic 
computer in the solution of photogrammetric problems. 
10. Increased use of ingenious and imaginative solutions to photogrammetric tasks 
involving combinations of ideas and equipment based on complete understand- 
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