Modern trends of education in photogrammetry & remote sensing

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Persistent identifier:: 856467936

Title:: Modern trends of education in photogrammetry & remote sensing

Sub title:: ISPRS Commission VI Symposium, September 13 - 16, 1990, Rhodes Island, Greece

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (251 Seiten)

Year of publication:: 1990

Place of publication:: Athens

Publisher of the original:: Technical Chamber of Greece

Identifier (digital):: 856467936

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Language:: English

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2016

Document type:: Monograph

Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: The Impact of Technology on Working Methods, Education, and Professional Status in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. F. Ackermann.

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17 ISPRS Commission IV Symposium, Rhodos, 13 - 16 September, 1990 Keynote Address The Impact of Technology on Working Methods, Education, and Professional Status in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing F. Ackermann, Stuttgart 1 Introduction 1.1 It seems obvious to everyone that we live in a time of great and fast changes. We have the impression that fast changes are a characteristic feature of our time. Although past times were certainly not as steady as we are inclined to believe, we are nevertheless convinced that we wit ness today a unique phase of economic, social and cultural evolution. Especially in science and technology the evolution seems to be particularly dynamic, its frightening speed still accelerating. The changes have already affected our life and our work thoroughly, and there seems no decel eration in sight. We wonder, therefore, what will be the further impacts on society in general, on established social, political, or economic structures, on the technical professions and their professional organisations, on education, and, last not least, on our discipline, photogrammetry and remote sensing. If we look back over the past 20 or 30 years we are struck by the great changes which our everyday life has taken, and even more by the great changes which our professional discipline has gone through. Practically all what we are concerned with today in photogrammetry and remote sensing, and most tools and methods with which we work today, computers included, were not even above the horizon when I studied at university in the early 1950s for a professional education in geodesy and photogrammetry. It is not only changes which we witness, it is certainly also genuine progress. I do not hesi tate to attribute the quality of progress to the development, considering that the technical and economical performance of photogrammetry is so much higher than 20 or 30 years ago that any comparison would be futile. Concerning progress it also must be mentioned that all those who have taken active part in the development have been, and still are, fascinated by the phantastic potential of modern technology. We all experience the scientific and technical development in our discipline as an extremely exciting intellectual challenge. 1.2 At the same time there are uneasy feelings about progress. One gets the impression that the scientific and technical development is too fast to be balanced, that it has also destabilizing effects. There seems to be too much pressure, too much hectic if not chaotic activity. People feel driven by the development. As a philosopher one may wonder what is behind the development, what is driving and pushing it, why it is so hectic, why everybody does his best to contribute to the development although many suffer from it and have second thoughts as to the wisdom of it. There to re; subst of wli the p of we Such togra devel it an< the cl norm those 2 2.1 I sensi: indej: It ha: log t phot< and i the d 2.2 1 as co togr The tion trian comj: a ger thorc statu push by a of gr aeria as fo rangi Ot he cited

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