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computers, have been fundamental to the re-
cent progress in close-range photogram-
metry. Reading the literature on the subject,
one finds the statement “Everything that can
be photographed can also be measured” to be
true in more and more cases. If requirements
on accuracy, time, cost, type of output, etc.
can be optimized, there will be an increased
use of photogrammetry as a measuring tool in
the future. Much effort has been devoted to
problems connected with accuracy and type
of output, while the time and cost parameters
have not been studied to the same extent.
They are, however, very critical where a
method is to be used in production. A further
integration of photogrammetry in the produc-
tion process has to be made so as to widen the
practical applications of the art.
Architectural photogrammetry is widely
used and even has its own organisation, the
International Committee on Architectural
Photogrammetry (CIPA) which was estab-
lished by the International Society for Photo-
grammetry (ISP) and the International Coun-
cil on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in
1970. Another field in which great strides are
being made to apply and integrate photo-
grammetry is the biomedical. The Interna-
tional Commission V Symposium 1974 in
Washington was entirely devoted to this
theme. A third field of great interest is indus-
trial and civil engineering applications.
There have recently (1975) been symposia
organized in Birmingham, the U K, and Ur-
bana, Illinois. Further activities within this
third field will be welcomed so that it may
become as well established as the first two.
The potentials of today's close-range photo-
grammetry are such that further development
is most probable. Joint efforts by photogram-
metrists and users in industry are necessary,
and they will be successful, if made.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author is indebted to all colleagues
who have supported him with information on
the subject for this report. Some contributors
are referenced, others are not, but all have
helped the author to review the recent ac-
tivities in non-topographical photogram-
metry. The assistance in preparing this re-
port, rendered by Mr. E.L. Dauphin and Mrs.
U. Rygh in the Division of Photogrammetry at
the Royal Institute of Technology, Stock-
holm, is gratefully acknowledged.
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