XIII 
INTRODUCTION 
During the Congress at Washington in 1952 several important decisions 
were made in connection with the Archives. It was decided that all material 
contained would be in two languages, preferably English and French. The full 
text of all material would be in English or French with a resume in the other 
language. Exceptions to this rule were that if any material had been furnished 
in some language other than English and French, this material would remain in 
the language in which it was submitted. A resolution was made to have the 
Archives contain a complete record, if possible, of all the papers and discussions 
connected with the Seventh Congress and furthermore that the Archives would 
be published as soon after the meeting as all materials could be gathered and 
furnished to the printer. 
The following material has been omitted from this volume, in spite of our 
resolve, because of our inability to receive it after more than a year of vigorous 
endeavor to secure it from those charged with procuring materials from the 
authors. In some instances the authors were approached without satisfactory 
results. United States Air Force Aeronautical Chart Research by G. Fi. Fiarding, 
National Planning of Large Scale Photogrammetic Surveys For Their Greater 
Development In The World by J. Sutor, and Proceedings of Commission IV. It 
must be explained that the Officers of Commission IV found, at the last mo 
ment, that it would be impossible for them to attend the meeting and they 
were forced to find, on short notice, substitutes for the handling of Committee 
Sessions at the Congress. This was well done but the confusion resulted in the 
inavailability of the much desired proceedings of this Commission. 
Commission VI must be complimented on the excellent work it has com 
pleted on the Polyglot dictionary, histories of photogrammetry in various 
member countries, patents covering photogrammetric equipment and related 
subjects covering the work of the Commission. This volume omits, however, 
appendices 3 (education), 4 (terminology), 5 (blibliography), 6 (patents), and 7 
(methods and instruments) of the Commission’s Report to the Seventh Con 
gress since these must be considered as preliminary progress rather than com 
plete reports. It is hoped that the report of this Commission to the Eight Con 
gress is such that additional material covering these subjects will be possible for 
inclusion in the next issue of the Archives. 
The preparation of this volume could not have been accomplished without 
the cooperation of the officers of the various Commissions who furnished 
requested material. The never ceasing interest and work of C. Fi. Andregg, W. 
A. Fischer, Chester Kowalcyzk, E. S. Massie, Jr., O. S. Reading, L. R. Smart and 
G. C. Tewinkel acting as a comittee in securing and editing all material in this 
volume will be rewarded only through the knowledge that some value may be 
derived from having available a most complete record of the Congress. Acknow 
ledgement must be made to Jean Cruset and R. Daniel who rendered untold 
assistance in undertaking the translation of all material into French which could