and outstanding issues. Some 
modifications were made to the Terms of 
Reference of several Commission II 
Working Groups. 
Commission II has also worked to 
establish effective and timely 
communication with Working Group 
chairpersons and co-chairpersons. 
Throughout 1993 the Commission has 
diligently written, updated and 
distributed a host of information and 
material related to the activities of the 
ISPRS. In response, Working Group 
chairs and co-chairs have replied in an 
equally effective fashion. In particular, 
the Commission strives to use electronic 
means whenever possible. 
During the year of 1993, Commission II 
has worked extremely hard in preparation 
of its Technical Symposium from June 6 - 
10, 1994 in Ottawa, Canada. Associated 
with these preparations have been a 
number of activities, which include: 
forming a Technical Program Committee 
to oversee all aspects of the Technical 
Program; forming an Accompanying 
Persons Committee to prepare an active 
and exciting social calendar; distributing 
two Call for Papers (see below for details); 
assembling the abstracts received in 
response to the call for papers; preparing 
the Preliminary and Final Programs; 
solidifying logistical activities related to 
the Symposium i.e. reserving the exhibit 
and session areas, hotel arrangements etc.; 
and collating the Symposium 
Proceedings. 
Distribution of the first Call for Papers in 
March of 1993. Distribution of a second 
glossy Call for Papers was distributed in 
September of 1993. In each mailing of the 
Call for Papers were sent to over 17,000 
addresses across the world. 
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A large colour poster (measuring 2.5 x 3 
feet) advertising Commission II's June 
Symposium was printed and distributed 
to over 1000 agencies related to the areas 
of ISPRS, including: large national 
agencies, large and medium sized firms, 
universities, colleges and research 
institutes. 
Commission II's Executive held a meeting 
with Mr. Jacques Kiebert of Elsevier 
Publishers (producer of the ISPRS Journal 
of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing). 
The meeting was most cordial and 
explored possible areas of cooperation, 
including preparing special theme journal 
issues, expanding the journals 
distribution and exchanging advertising 
of activities. 
Contacts with Dr. David Tait, Editor of 
the ISPRS Journal for Photogrammtry and 
Remote Sensing have also been initiated. 
A proposal for theme issues of the Journal 
has been presented and plans for future 
cooperation between Commission II and 
the ISPRS Journal are being explored. 
STATE OF SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION 
TOPICS 
As changes in the applications of data 
continue to expand, so does the expansion 
of systems technology for the handling of 
data. Together these two issues dominate 
the areas of interest for Commission Il. 
The rapid evolution from manual time- 
intensive processing and analog analysis 
systems to faster more precision based 
computerized systems has led to a greater 
appreciation of the applications of the 
data. And, greater applications of data 
have not only expanded the community 
of users and interested parties, but have 
also led to greater linkages with other 
disciplines and scientific based studies. 
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