ISPRS Commission VI Symposium 
Bandung - Indonesia, April 15-17, 1999 
Education And Communication 
Foreword 
The ISPRS mid-term Symposium of the Technical Commission VI (TC VI) and Exhibition 
was originally planned last year, August 1998. However, due to the political situation in 
Indonesia that year, the event has been delayed. Now the symposium is on the stage. There 
are also other related activities within our symposium, i.e. the workshop on earth monitoring 
and disaster management, and the high level tutorial. As the host of this event we feel honor 
because to some extent we can keep our commitment as well as our contribution to the 
prestigious scientific community such as ISPRS. In the future we do hope that these 
commitment and contribution will continue. 
The theme of symposium is “Sharing and cooperation in Geo-information Technology”. This 
theme was selected after a number of alternative themes proposed by the colleagues among 
the member of the Indonesian Surveyors Association. It is expected that all activities of WG 
will be covered within this theme and support the theme Congress of ISPRS Amsterdam 
2000. 
About 30 papers have been submitted and presented in the symposium. The papers are more 
or less equally distributed within 7 sessions of our WG. For those who submit the paper we 
extent our sincere thank because without paper it is impossible to run a symposium. Although 
the topics are vary, but it reflects the author's commitment to the Technical Commission VI - 
Education and Communication. In conjunction with symposium, an exhibition is also taking 
part. 
A special session on earth monitoring and disaster management has also been added. The WG 
on earth monitoring and disaster management of the Asia Pacific Advance Network (APAN) 
support this session. APAN was recognized at the APEC Symposium for Realizing the 
Information Society Field of R&D Activities in March 1996 as well as the APEC Test-bed 
Forum in June 1996. Its establishment is to meet requirement of high performance network 
services for R&D. In this regard; it show how ISPRS maintain their mission to elaborate the 
regional contact. 
In closing, the 1999 Symposium committee feel honored to be your host and looks forward 
your valuable contribution. We hope this event become a successful and a memorable event 
for all of us. 
Bandung, April 1999 
President ISPRS Technical Commission VI 
T.Lukman Aziz