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grapher and the geologist whiie the engineer is a builder and constructer. 
If this criterion is considered as decisive criterion, then photogrammetry 
as well as surveying educational programs must not necessarily and solely 
be the responsibility of an engineering or civil technology /technicians/ 
faculty or school. 
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.CTIONS FOR FUTURE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC EDUCATION 
The fast increase of photogrammetric activity / see Figure 1 / in various 
countries require an appropriate photogrammetric educational program based 
on realistic projections. It is surprising that in most countries planning 
for future photogrammetric education based on realistic projections appe - 
ars to be non-existing. An exception is the U.S.A.. In this country pro jec- 
tions were formulated by the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping . 
These projections were worked out on the basis of an extensive inquiry /que- 
stionnaires/ on the future need for surveyors including photogrammetrists 
on the professional level / university degree / and the technician level, 
Specificaliy, it was found that for the period 1971-75 annually several hun- 
dred professional photogrammetrists and neariy twice as much photogramme- 
try technicians will be needed. As planning for future photogrammetric edu- 
cation is an absolute necessity in order to achieve a high degree of effi- 
ciency in national photogrammetric activity it is recommended that in each 
country realistic projections be worked out as to future requirements on 
educating photogrammetrists on all levels, 
When working out such projections on a world-wide level one has to start 
from the presently existing photogrammetric manpower. We attempted to eva- 
luate this manpower and arrived at the following estimated values: There 
are at present /1971/ approximately 15,000 professional photogrammetrists 
/usually with a university degree/, 45,000 photogrammetry technicians, and 
90,000 auxiliairies /plotter operators, photographers, etc./. Based on the 
present progress rate of photogrammetric activity, this would lead to the 
following preliminary projections for the next five years: Required annual 
intake for professional photogrammetrists /university degre/— 750, photo - 
grammetry technicians —2,700, auxiliairies /plotter operators, etc./—4,500. 
The questions arise here: Are we ready to cope with these educational re- 
quirements? Furthermore, are the projections arrived at on the basis of the 
existing manpower realistic? By how much these intakes should be increased 
in view of the fact that we presently loose at least U.S.$ 6 -10 billion 
annually in the world's economy due to a too slow surveying and mapping pha- 
se? To what extend increased automation affects the projections for future 
manpower requirements and manpower education? In formulating projections 
for future manpower requirements, to what extend social conditions have to 
be taken into consideration? / High unemployment rates would. call for more 
  
  
labor-intensive procedures requiring more manpower which would result in a