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Eleventh Congress of the 
International Society of Photogrammetry 
Lausanne, Switzerland 
July 8-20, 1968 
National Report of the United States 
Compiled by James P. Webb 
U.S. Army Map Service 
Washington, D.C. 
T he National Report of the American 
Society of Photogrammetry to the 1968 
XI International Society of Photogrammetry 
Congress of Lausanne identifies the work ac 
complished in the United States since the 
1964 Xth Congress of Lisbon. 
Publications 
Since the 1964 ISP meeting in Lisbon, the 
American Society of Photogrammetry has 
experienced several noticeable achievements 
in the field of technical publications. The 
Third Edition of the Manual of Photogram 
metry published by the Society early in 1966 
has received world-wide acceptance. A com 
pendium of selected papers in the field of 
Remote Sensing was published in July 1966. 
Currently, a Manual of Color Aerial Photog 
raphy is near completion and scheduled for 
release early in 1968. This manual will in 
clude the results of a series of tests conducted 
by the Society in cooperation with govern 
ment agencies and industry to determine the 
comparative qualities of color versus black 
and white aerial photography. The Society’s 
official journal, Photogrammetric Engineering, 
is now published monthly instead of bi 
monthly as in past years. 
Major Activities 
The Society has sponsored three major 
symposiums since Lisbon. These are identified 
as symposiums on: Aerial Triangulation held 
February 28—March 4, 1966, University of 
Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, ISP Commission 
III; on Measurement held October 13-14, 
1967, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 
Colorado; and on Computational Photo 
grammetry held December 4-8, 1967, Gai 
thersburg, Maryland. 
The ASP Distinguished Lecturer Series 
now in its fourth year has been most success 
ful. Supported by the National Science 
Foundation, it has been possible to increase 
the scope of this valuable educational pro 
gram. As a part of this series, Dr. Bertil 
Hallert of the University of Stockholm lec 
tured at 21 colleges and universities and 7 
technical societies, and spoke to over 3000 
people in the U. S. and Canada during 1966. 
The annual and semi-annual meetings of 
the Society have been well attended (3,000 
and 1,500 registrants, respectively) as have 
the technical meetings, seminars and sym 
posia sponsored by several ASP regions and 
committees. The annual meeting is always 
held in Washington, D. C. The National 
Council of the American Society of Photo 
grammetry has established locations for 
future semi-annual meetings of the Society 
for the next five years. 
The Society participated in the foundation 
of the American PhotoTechnical Council for 
the purpose of coordinating meetings and 
programs. Other members are the Society of 
Photographic Instrumentation Engineers and 
the Pattern Recognition Society. Negotia 
tions with other societies in this general area 
are in the discussion stages. 
Awards 
Two additional awards are available for 
presentation each year by the Society, which 
is now a total of nine. The Autometric Award 
for the outstanding technical publication on 
photographic interpretation sponsored by the 
Raytheon Company was awarded for the 
first time in 1965. The first Louis Struck 
Award was presented in 1967 by the Struck 
family of Mexico City. The purpose of the 
award is to stimulate Pan American under 
standing in the field of photogrammetry.