PHOTOGRAMMETRIC EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
Mr. R. Oluwole Coker 
Federal Survey Department 
Lagos, Nigeria. 
ABSTRACT 
There has been very few institutions for photogrammetric education 
in the developing countries because the development of photo- 
grammetric services in these countries had been dependent on 
the development of cartographic services and most of these 
countries have legacies of weak cartographic services from their 
former colonial masters. Furthermore there had been very little 
pressure to intensify photogrammetric education in the developing 
countries because facilities in the developed countries were made 
available to them usually under technical assistance. 
Institutions for training technicians and photogrammetric instrument 
operators should.be in the developing countries. Professionals and 
specialist could however be trained in institutions in the 
developed countri es. 
The first bold attempt to provide photogrammetric education for 
the developing countries was in the establishment of the 
I.T.C., Netherlands in 1950. Institutions are, however, now 
springing up in the developing countries like the Training 
Centre in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, for training in photogrammetry and 
the Institute for Photo-interpretation in India. Universities 
with courses in photogrammetry also exist in some developing 
countries as part of the discipline of surveying. The great 
expense of equipping departments of photogrammetry and the poor 
response of students from the developing countries to surveying 
and photogrammetry may prevent the establishment of training 
institutions in some countries but the existing institutions 
should be made to serve those countries without their own 
training institution. In places like West and Central Africa 
where there are language problems the courses could be bilingual. 
Technical Assistance is being given to the developing countries 
for training in photogrammetry in the donor countries. This 
assistance should now be extended for training lin institutions 
in the developing countries as is now being done by some 
countries, e.g. Canada, Netherlands and Switzerland, and also 
for the establishment or development of training institutions 
in the developing countries.