THE NATIONAL REPORT
The Romanian Society of Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing
Commission No. VI
This Report submitted to the 371 TSPRS
Congress held in Washington D.C. presents
the technical-scientific, educational-
training activities within the Romanian
Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
covering its involved branches, during
1988-1992, in Romania.
Key Words: National Report, Photogrammetry,
Remote Sensing, Educational, Training
INTRODUCTION
Romania is represented within ISPRS by the
S.R.F.T. (The Romanian Society of Photo-
grammetry and Remote Sensing). The S.R.F.T.
activity is carrying out within its seven
Technical Commissions very akin to ISPRS
Technical Commissions. The S.R.F.T. includes
all Photogrammetrists and Remote Sensing
specialists in our country. According to
its Statutes and depending on its possibi-
lities, obviously, it is an important pro-
gress element.
THE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC DEVELOPMENT
The most important activity related to the
topographic and cadastral map compilation
covering, nowadays, more than 85 per cent
of the whole country territory, using pho-
togrammetric procedures and equipment has
been completed during this inter-congresses
period.
At the same time, scientific and technolo-
gical concerns have focussed on the inter-
active photogrammetric system development
to be used both in analytical aerial trian-
gulation and analytical cadastral mapping.
An analytical photogrammetric station con-
sists in an analytical plotter, i.e. either
a Stereocomparator, a Stecometer or a Diko-
meter and a PC computer for aerial photo-
graph plotting. About six stations are
coupled to a minicomputer (Host Computer);
an automatic drawing configuration is,
also, connected to that minicomputer.
A present-day important concern is the a-
nalogical plotter upgrading, that is, to
be supplied with digitizers and microcom-
puters. Topographical mapping, both gra-
phical and digital, as well as, DTM are
to be developed.
A comprehensive study required by The
Centre of the Saxon Studies in Gundelsheip-
Germany - covering 243 Transylvanian set-
tlements inhabited by Saxon and Romanian
people, emphasizing the Saxon historical
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monuments, has been carried out, based on
1956-1992 photogrammetric data and infor-
mation.
Terrestrial photogrammetry has been exten-
sively applied both to some important engi-
neering works to monitor their behaviours,
such as bridges (over the Danube River)
viaducts, dams, and to archaeology, espe-
cially, to some church and various reli-
gious and historical memorial rebuildings.
THE REMOTE SENSING DEVELOPMENT
In Romania, the Remote Sensing applications
have been carried out by various Remote
Sensing laboratories related to some fields
of activity, viz.: X1) 1.6.F.C.0.1.. (The
Institute of Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Car-
tography and Land Management) on cartogra-
phic matters and environmental monitoring;
(2) D.T.M. (The Army Topographical Division)
on medium and small scale map updating;
(3) I.N.M.H. (The National Institute of
Meteorology and Hydrology) on hydrological
matters; (4) I.S.P.I.F. (The Institute for
Land Improving Studies and Designing) on
special-subject matters; (5) I.6.6. (The
Institute of Geology and Geophysics) on
geological matters; (6) I.C.B. (The College
of Civil Engineering-Bucharest), within the
Geodetical chair.
Undoubtly, Remote Sensing knows a large
application range: cadastral, topographic
and thematic map updating, photomap compi-
lation, image processing, manifold resear-
ches over the Danube Delta and wet areas,
underground resource inventory and moni-
toring, atmospheric investigations, water
resource evaluation, land improvement, fo-
rlestry conservation and improvement, in-
vestigations on environment and water pol-
lution sources over the whole country ter-
Litory, land planning, urbanism and archa-
eology, just to mention some.
There have been concerns aiming at a proper
technical upgrading on analogical and digi-
tal processings; during 1988-1990, the
first half inter-congress period, the East-
European countries and the internal pro-
duction have been the only sources; since
1990, some restricted equipment of the spe-
cialized companies from the Western countries
has been coming into use. The Remote Sensing
approaches have been mostly focussing on
researching activities, and not so much on
common applications.
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