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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 
Commission VI 
Symposium held in Mainz, FR Germany, 22 - 25 September 1982 
  
CONSIDERATIONS ON DELIVERING NATIONAL 
REPORTS AT ISPRS CONGRESSES 
Prof.Dr. Jürgen Hothmer 
President, Commission VI 
Fachhochschule Mainz, FR Germany 
ABSTRACT 
Some people estimate that National Reports are hardly read, and that datas 
contained therein are hardly used. If this is so, abandoning of National 
Reports could be considered. 
On the other hand, when maintaining National Reports it may be feasible to 
have a standardized presentation to facilitate reading. Therefore, guidelines 
are presented. 
  
1. Basis and Objectives 
The Statute of ISPRS denotes in paragraph 1 that the Society is devoted to the 
development of international cooperation for the advancement of photogrammetry 
and remote sensing. To achieve the aims, the Society shall hold international 
Congresses at regular intervals, and shall ensure the wide international circu- 
lation of the records of these Congresses by the publication of the Inter- 
national ARCHIVES of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 
For some decades it has been in use to include also National Reports in the 
ARCHIVES, although there is no proper definition as yet of this type of publi- 
cation. Nevertheless, there should be no doubt that National Reports are a 
tool to promote international cooperation. 
2. Present State 
  
An evaluation of the last Congress Hamburg 1980 shows: 
+ 21 Member Countries out of 57 presented National Reports; 
+ there was a late delivering of 4 Reports; consequently, 17 National Reports 
are included in the ARCHIVES and are thus available for literature references;. 
+ the Reports vary considerably with respect to intrinsic value of information 
and to content; 
+ the shortest Report has 5 pages and the longest 49 with an average of 18 pages; 
+ literature references are included in 13 Reports with in between 1 and 16 
pages, with an average of 7 pages; i 
+ extensive lists of addresses are included in 2 Reports with 7 pages each. - 
Bibliographic quotation : 
Hothmer, J. : Considerations on delivering National Reports at ISPRS Congresses. 
In: Int. Archive of Photogrammetry, 24 - VI, pp 149 = 152, Mainz 1982