LITHUANIA 
NATIONAL REPORT TO THE XVII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 
FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 
Washington 1992 
Reported by Prof.Dr. V.Vainauskas 
THE STATE OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN LITHUANIA 
INTRODUCTION 
In the mediavial ages Lithuania was 
one the strongest state of Europe (I236- 
1795).After World War I and the terrible 
oppression of the czarist Russian empire 
the Lithuanian people regsined their in- 
dependence and reestablished their state- 
hood (1918).There we find the first 
steps in photogrammetry.The Topographic 
Department of the Defence Forces used 
the aerial images for revision of the 
old Russian topographic maps to the sca- 
le I:42000.During the period 1934-1939 
maps,to the scale I:100000 covering 2/3 
of the territory,were revised and publi- 
shed.The efforts were made to use the 
aerial images for making photomozaics 
in the territories of towns and settle- 
ments (I937-1939).The first pioneer of 
photogrammetry in Lithuania was Eng.J. 
Deksnys who attended all congresses of 
International Society for Photogrammetry 
(1930,1934,1938) and was a corresponding 
member to the journal "Photogrammetria". 
During this very short period of time 
few engineers-surveyors were trained in 
the higher schools and universities of 
Europe such as Austria,Germany,Czechos- 
lovakia and France.There were held few 
conferences of the Baltic States for ge- 
odesists,surveyors and land use planners 
where the importance of photogrammetry 
was approved (1935,1938). 
MAPPING 
The great impetus to the development 
of the Lithuanian photogrammetry was gi- 
ven after the World War II.As the first 
step in I949 the most important gover- 
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mental body "The Board of Rural Aeropho- 
togrammetric Surveys" was established. 
This board carried out all surveys for 
the 
the 
the 
the 
revised systematically.Therefore this 
board in co-operation with the Land Plan- 
ning Board mapped the territory of Lithu- 
needs of Lithuanian agriculture to 
scale I:10000.With the account to 
rapid changing of landscape festures 
aerial photography was repeated and 
ania to the scale I:10000 and contour di- 
stance I m.In the regions where it was 
necessary to project the drainage the 
stereophotogrammetric or combined sur- 
veys to the scale I:2000 were carried 
out.The Board had at its disposition pho- 
togrammetric equipment: rectiphiers,ste- 
reographs and stereocomparators.The den- 
sification of control is done by means 
analytical block phototriangulation.This 
board stimulated rigorously the develop- 
ment of photogrammetry in Lithuania.This 
is very good beginning for topographic 
surveys to the scale I:5000 with the con- 
tour distance of 0,5-I m.The territories 
of towns and cities are mapped by the 
photomesaics to the scales I:5000 and 
1:2000. 
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 
University level education in geodesy 
and photogrammetry is offered at the Vil- 
nius technical university where lectures 
and practical training and finally the 
graduation designs are carried out.In fa- 
culty of land use planning of the Rural 
university of Kaunas offers a fundamen- 
tal course in photogrammetry to those