caused a significant delay butwas the only major prob- 
lem that occurred during the production process. The 
printing people, not amused, still managed to deliver 
'the daily' right on time! GITC, unhappy with the con- 
junction of drawbacks, offered all printers, in gratitude 
for their pains and to compensate, a stone jar of Frisian 
Bitter 'Beerenburg' (to be enjoyed after ‘the daily’ had 
been finished). 
Overnight Printing 
Since the printers were using direct-to-plate techniques, 
the electronic files of the page layouts could be used in 
order to make the offset plates. Printing was done on high 
speed, full-colour offset print units. This way, the printing 
process took only a couple of hours. The printed matter 
dried, ‘the daily’ was folded and cut and the edition was 
picked up early in the morning. 
Contents 
People almost directly found their way in ‘the daily’, the 
various columns being conveniently and consistently 
arranged. 
The exhibitors were well taken care of. ‘Exhibitor show- 
case’ never failed to be present and was usually found on 
page 3, with ‘Exhibitor news’ subsequently on page 4. 
Accounts of assembly meetings and interviews in ‘In the 
spotlight of the congress’ were to be found on page 5. 
Page 6 welcomed writers like lan Dowman, Christian 
Heipke, Monika Sester and Wolfgang Forster, with their 
columns on the performance of various ISPRS-working 
groups, photogrammetric subjects, developments in GIS 
or business news. Also ‘The Programme of the day’ never 
missed one issue and could be found almost without look- 
ing on page 6. The front page sported the well-illustrated 
leading article, whereas the back page demonstrated the 
"Possibilities of Visual Information' in dazzling images at 1- 
4 metre resolution. 
“Printing on demand' with offers (for a song), lured people 
to the press-room with their orders. Issue number 4 even 
made ten pages! 
And Finally 
Speaking about a song, ‘The Geomaticists Song’, per- 
formed as the 'Entertainment Intermezzo' part of the 
Opening Ceremony, brought mirth and hilarity to the hall. 
This ‘plagiarisation of The Major General’s Song’ from the 
Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan with words by 
Don Proctor and lan Dowman with help from Keith Atkin- 
son well nigh brought the roof down! By way of epilogue, 
hereafter, but for brevity's sake from each couplet only the 
first and the last two lines: 
| am the very model of an ancient photogrammetrist 
| write all my own programs, | don’t need a system analyst. 
In fact in matters analogue and also analytical 
| was the ideal manager for most work geomatical. 
| am the very model of a modern geomaticist 
In close range applications | consider I'm a specialist. 
You need a doctor, engineer, biologist and phycisist 
To make the very model of a modern geomaticist. 
| am the very model of a modern data processor 
| work with plotters digital and image analysers. 
If | could only be described as practitioner or theorist 
You'd say | was the model of a proper geomaticist. 
Suffice it to say that ‘the daily’ came up to expectations 
with also the Council considering it the adequate and 
therefore most appropriate medium of communication! 
  
Impressions of the XIXth ISPRS Congress 
Sensor Technology Approaches Zenith Point 
by Mathias Lemmens, Editor of GIM International 
From 16th-23rd July the XIXth ISPRS was held in the Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands. The theme of the congress was 
‘Geo-Information for all’. The Congress showed that the field of photogrammetry and remote sensing is a very vivid one. 
Photogrammetry is mainly about automation. Up to the level of the generation of DEMS, and the creation of geo-referenced 
stereo-models and ortho-images, the complex photogrammetric process is now fairly well automated. However, automa- 
tion of the remaining parts of the chain still has a long way to go. Among the broad variety of subjects, sensor technology 
was particularly in the spotlight. The newly developed digital cameras from the leading photogrammetric companies, LH 
Systems and Z/l Imaging, were definitely eye-catchers, both on the exhibition floor as well as during oral presentations. 
What are photogrammetry and remote sensing all about? 
Basically, they are concerned with the extraction of accu- 
rate and reliable geometric and thematic information from 
imagery. Within the field of geomatics, this information 
concerns geo-spatial features, while the imagery is 
recorded by airborne and spaceborne sensors. 
In our society we observe an ever-growing need for 
accurate, timely and detailed (3D) geo-spatial informa- 
tion for a broad variety of applications, amongst others 
BEB ——— 
  
aimed at resolving the complex environmental problems 
which we human beings have caused by our own, 
uncontrolled activities. Processing of images that have 
already passed the geo-referencing stage in an earlier 
value-added photogrammetric process, form an impor- 
tant aid for the average GIS user, who wants to use the 
data as a start-up for further (3D) spatial analysis. This 
need is certainly a strong driving force in the develop- 
ment and expansion of the field of photogrammetry and 
remote sensing. 
International Archives of Photogrammerty and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXIII, Part A. Amsterdam 2000.