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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 
Commission VI 
Symposium held in Mainz, FR Germany, 22-25 September 1982 
  
STANDARDS OF. COMPETENCE 
Comments on Outline 01.82 and on the Questionnaire (Q1-Q11) 
  
COMMENTS ON QUESTIONNAIRE (based ont he above proposal) 
  
Q 1 Since the standards now refer to courses/training programmes, awkward con- 
cepts such as active and passive photogrammetric engineers can be avoided 
and one only has to consider two main categories: Courses in Photogrammetry 
and Courses in Remote Sensing. My further comments refer to the former category. 
  
2 The Standards only have sense if they are set up and recognized internationally. 
3 Photogrammetric courses/training programmes are envisaged as being given at 
three main levels: Elementary, Technician and Professional. 
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Some further differentiation may now be required at each level. At the 
Elementary Level, some distinction might have to be made according to the 
field of application since, whilst there will probably be little difference 
between Elementary Courses in Photogrammetry for Geologists and Soil Scientists, 
these may differ from an Elementary Course for Civil Engineers. At the 
Technician Level, some distinction might have to be made between all-round 
training programmes and programmes geared to one specific function such as 
training Machine Operators. Finally, at the Professional Level, some dis- 
tinction might have to be made between the practical courses given at 
Institutes of Technology, the scientific courses given at graduate level at 
Universities and the post-graduate and advanced courses. 
The working group will have to try to limit the differentiation required at 
the three levels. 
Core curricula should certainly be developed in cooperation with the FIG. 
Desirable that StTandards be developed for all education programmes in the 
field of surveying and mapping and therefore cooperation needed with socie- 
ties such as FIG & ICA and support possibly also needed of international 
forums such as the UN cartographic Conferences 
  
  
  
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9 The fact that the Standards require international recognition before they 
can be implemented implies that even the initial task to be entrusted to the 
working group is neither light nor can it be completed in a few years. If 
marked differences can be observed in the curricula of identical degree courses 
offered by different universities within the same country, surely the situation 
will be more difficult on an international level, due also to the fact that 
the requirements can differ from one country to another. On top of this, these 
requirements change with changing needs, implying thereby that the Standards 
themselves will. also have to be reviewed continually. 
  
  
FROM: Dr. S. Pala, Ontario Centre for Remote Sensing; Toronto, Canada 
Q 1 My remarks refer to remote sensing as it is applied in categories 5.2 to 5.6 
and 5.10 
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