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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 
Commission VI 
Symposium held in Mainz, FR Germany, 22-25 September 1982 
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T S ON AND P ROM 0 TION OF 
EDUCATION AND R E SEARC.H IN PHOTOGRAMMETRY 
AND REMOTE SENSING 
(Activity report of Working Group, period 1980-82) 
Prof. Dr. Sanjib K. Ghosh 
Chairman, ISPRS Working Group VI-8 
Department of Photogrammetry, Laval University, Quebec GIK 7P4, Canada 
ABSTRACT 
The major task of ISPRS WG VI-8 is the stimulation and promotion of education 
and research in photogrammetry and remote sensing. Special emphasis is given 
to the situation in the world regions where facilities are particularly insuf- 
ficient. The paper reports on the organization of the working group, elaborates 
on the work achieved so far by the group and discusses the activities planned 
for the future. 
Introduction 
In accordance with the bye-law 27 of the ISPRS Statute, subsequent to the XIV 
Congress of the ISPRS held at Hamburg, FR Germany in 1980, thé new President 
of Commission VI (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hothmer) asked this author in January 1981 
to form a Working Group and act as its chairman for the period 1981-84, The 
assigned task of this working group (ISPRS WG VI-8) is: "Promoting education 
and research on photogrammetry and remote sensing wheresoever feasible based 
on drawing conclusions from the earth-wide inventory of WG VI-1; listing monetary 
and personnel resources for benefitting educational institutes; exploring re- 
quirements for visiting professorships and developing solutions to meet these 
needs; exploring feasibilities for partnerships between educational institutes 
and developing solutions to meet respective needs; preventing overlapping with 
other Working Groups". 
Realizing the complexities of education and research in the areas of photogram- 
metry and remote sensing in the world, and considering that a world consensus 
in this regard would very much be desirable, a committee (working group) of 
15 colleagues from as many nations was formed. This group is significantly 
representative in terms of the ISPRS member nations they belong to, in terms 
of their institutions and in terms of their expertise. The list of the members 
is appended to this report. There was, however, an initial confusion at the 
ISPRS Council with respect to the Working Groups in Commission VI: This con- 
fusion having been removed by President Doyle only in December 1981 the group 
started functioning. 
Activities 
This group, with primary assistance from their individual agencies, 
Bibliographic quotation : 
Ghosh, S. : Task of stimulation and promotion of education and research in photo- 
grammetry and remote sensing. In: Int. Archive of Photogrammetry, 24 - VI, 
pp 167 - 171, Mainz 1982