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Working Group 8: Geo-information systems 
JJ.Nossin 
Chairman 
The participants in the special Working Group ses 
sions on Geo-Information Systems (GIS) of the Com 
mission VII symposium, 
taking note of the rapid advancement in the devel 
opment and applications of Geo-Information Systems, 
express their opinion that major attention should 
be focussed on GIS at the next ISPRS Congress, 
Kyoto, 1988, 
and that the formation of a Working Group on GIS 
under the mandate of Commission VII should be given 
serious consideration. 
This working group should have included in its 
task description not only to monitor and contribute 
to technical progress and applications of GIS, but 
also to analyze and identify the users and their 
requirements. 
The proper forwarding of this expression of 
opinion is left in the hands of the Committee of 
Commission VII of the ISPRS.