THE NATIONAL REPORT OF TURKEY 
FOR 
PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 
1992-1996 
Prepared by Turkish Society for 
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 
ABSTRACT 
The National Report of Turkey outlines routine activities and developments in photogrammetry and remote sensing during the 
period 1992-1996. Subjects such as employment, equipment and education are described in terms of governmental organizations, 
private sector and universities. Important activities in Turkey related to photogrammetry and remote sensing are also mentioned in 
this report. 
COMPILATION OF THE REPORT 
In order to prepare the report, an effort was made to obtain knowledge from all organizations interested in photogrammetry and 
remote sensing. In this way, information was asked from 24 organizations (11 governmental, 6 private companies, 7 universities) 
and the report was compiled by using information sent by 18 organizations (7 governmental, 4 private companies, 7 universities). 
KEY WORDS : Turkey, National Report, Application, Organization. 
1. INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLICATION 
The Turkish National Society for (TNSP) was established 
in 1974 and converted to The Turkish National Society for 
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (TNSPRS) in 1984. 
TNSPRS carries out its activities in parallel with the aims 
and statutes of the ISPRS. Commissions of the TNSPRS are 
the followings : 
Commission I : Sensors, Platforms and Imagery. 
Commission II : Systems for Data Processing, Analysis 
and Representation. 
Commission III: Theory and Algorithms. 
Commission IV : Mapping and Geographic Information 
Systems. 
Commission V Close Range Techniques and Machine 
Vision. 
Commission VI Economics, Professional Matters and 
Education. 
Commission VII Resource and Environmental 
Monitoring. 
Meetings of the commissions of TNSPRS are held 
annually. - 
A majority of the researches in reports and articles in the 
field of photogrammetry and remote sensing are published 
in the below periodicals : 
- Harita Dergisi : Issued semiannually by the General 
Command of Mapping. 
82 
International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXI, Part B6. Vienna 1996 
-Surveying and Cadastral Engineering : Issued in 4 editions 
annually by the Chamber of Surveying and Cadastral 
Engineers. 
- Tapu ve Kadastro Dergisi : Issued in 3 editions annually 
by the Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre of 
Turkey. 
Also, results of research applications and various books 
related to photogrammetry and remote sensing were 
published in this period. 
2. PHOTOGRAMMETRY 
Photogrammetric activities were carried out only by two 
official organizations (General Command of Mapping 
(GCM), General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre 
(LRC)) up to last ISPRS meeting, KYOTO-1988 where 
Turkey participated in. An official organization (General 
Directorate of Forestry) and four private companies (MNG, 
Belbim, S.T.F.A., Yalcin Teknik) were initiated their 
photogrammetric activities, after that point. 
GCM implements primarily the production and revision of 
1/25000 scale topographic mapping and 1/50000 scale map 
production by using satellite images. LRC implements the 
standard topographic mapping by using analog instruments 
at the scale 1/5000, pertain to rural area. 
General Directorate of Forestry has been implementing 
various activities on forestry (mapping of forest types, etc.) 
by using analytical and digital instruments. 
General Directorate of Electrical Affairs, General 
Directorate of Highway, State Water Organization and 
General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration of 
Turkey can be taken into account as the other official 
organizations which interest with photogrammetric 
  
    
  
  
   
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
   
  
    
  
  
   
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
   
  
   
   
    
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