problems and to know where to seek a solution. The
rest is a question of aptitude, skill and, most of all,
experience.
Every student will take away a copy of the standard
course text, Manual of aerial photography by
R.W.Graham and R.E.Read, as well as numerous
booklets, handout notes, prints and the Psion
Organiser complete with AIS survey software.
On successful completion of Part 2 (coursework
submission), students qualify for
(1) University College London Certificate in Air
Survey Photography;
(ii) Licentiateship of the British Institute of
Professional Photography
(LBIPP), subject to membership; and
(iii) in association with (ii), and subject to
application and membership, Licentiateship of
the Royal Photographic Society of
Great Britain (LRPS).
APPENDIX A
AIS Advanced Additional Courses in Aerial Survey
and Remote Sensing
(1) Advanced survey navigation (6 weeks).
(2) System controlled survey flight operations
(9 weeks).
(3) Laboratory processing and management
(10 weeks).
(4) Remote sensing and imagery acquisition
(5 weeks).
(5) Small format mapping (6 months).
APPENDIX B
Student biographies
W.H.M. (Malaysia) was employed by the Lands and
Surveys Department in Kota Kinabalu as an Assistant
District Surveyor. He had no previous experience of
air survey. His attendance on the CASP course was
financed by his employer. On his return, he was
responsible for future work in air survey as
photographer/navigator with a Cessna 180 and Leica
(Wild) RC10 camera.
A.K.M. (Iran) came from the National Cartographic
Centre in Tehran where he was employed as an air
survey photographer and navigator with considerable
flying experience. Soon after returning from the
CASP course, he completed a survey in southern
Iran. He has a Fokker F27 equipped with Leica
(Wild) RC10 and RC20 cameras and GPS for his
work. United Nations finance supported his
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attendance on the CASP course.
R.C. (Hong Kong) had received his undergraduate
education in the United Kingdom (B.Sc., A.R.I.C.S.)
at North East London Polytechnic.
The Hong Kong Department of Land and Buildings
financed his attendance on the CASP course on
which he was awarded a distinction. In Hong Kong,
his facilities include three helicopters, a Leica (Wild)
RC1O camera and a Hasselblad 70 mm camera. He
had completed 50 hours of successful survey flying
within two months of his return from the CASP
course.
W.A.S. (Saudi Arabia) was sent on the CASP course
by a commercial survey company based in Riyadh.
Prior to the course, he had limited experience in a
Turbo Commander with a Leica (Wild) RC10. He is
now working for his employer as a survey
navigator/camera operator, using RC10 and Zeiss
(Oberkochen) RMK TOP cameras.
K.D. (United Arab Emirates) is a military survey
officer with previous relevant education at ITC. He
followed AIS advanced courses in air survey
laboratory management, GPS survey navigation and
remote sensing and, on his return to Abu Dhabi, was
responsible for the expansion of the air survey
photographic department.
APPENDIX C
Useful addresses
Department of Photogrammetry and Surveying
University College London
Gower Street
London WCIE 6BT
External Affairs
University College London
Gower Street
London WCIE 6BT
Aerial Imaging Systems Ltd.
6 Shaston Road
Stourpaine
Blandford Forum
Dorset DT11 8TA
PhotoAir
PhotoAir House
191a Main Street
Yaxley
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire PE7 3LD