ımost Labra-
Special Publi-
graphical So-
zraphical Re-
tarctic Flight
ow; Nol. 27,
facing p. 444.
these results
nd and the
" Geographi-
. 177-180.
he Sierra Ne-
raphical Re-
L3.
)rinoco-Ven-
rraphical Re-
6, with map
1 Region of
lication No.
ciety, 1935.
Recession in
aska," Geo-
H7, pp. 369-
metry as a
se.
on for ad-
hotogram-
947 of the
arch .Lab-
sity. Since
y has com-
er 150 as-
ntract re-
sy, Photo-
vas estab-
ear under-
eading to
" both the
Both es-
under the
CT. Ehel,
V. Ninne-
clety was
34 in the
ofit scien-
st regular
tment of
28, 1934.
the first
president of the Society on January 14,
1935. The first annual meeting took place
in the National Museum in Washington
on April 22, 1935.
The earliest publication of the Society
was the mimeographed ''News Notes"
printed in September of 1934. The “News
Notes" became a lithographed publication
of the same name in January 1936; its
name was changed to PHOTOGRAMMETRIC
ENGINEERING in 1937, a quarterly publica-
tion until 1950 when a ''"Yearbook" was
included. There are now five issues yearly.
An Index to PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEER-
ING containing a fourteen year index to
all the articles published in the journal was
printed in 1951. In 1944 the Society pub-
lished a reference text called the “MANUAL
OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY." This book was so
popular that it became out of print in 1948.
A new second edition of the MANUAL OF
PHOTOGRAMMETRY became available in
September, 1952. This new book is the
outstanding reference book on photogram-
metry in America.
Under the leadership of a committee
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING 45
headed by H. H. Blee, Standard Specifi-
cations for aerial photographs were de-
veloped in 1937; these specifications were
later adopted by most governmental
agencies. A similar committee under Dr.
I. C. Gardner in 1939 drew up a list of
specifications for the design, construction
and calibration of precision cameras. Again
these precision camera specifications were
adopted for most of the government con-
tract photography.
From 1937 to 1940, Mr. Geo. D. Whit-
more headed a committee on Map Specifi-
cations and Tests which was successful in
obtaining agreement and widespread use
of map standards and accuracy testing by
both government and commercial organi-
zations engaged in mapping.
The American Society became a mem-
ber of the International Society of Photo-
grammetry in 1934 and was host to the
VIIth. International Congress held in the
United States for the first time in Septem-
ber 1952 with Capt. Reading as the first
American President of the International
Society.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: While many other commercial companies were invited to describe
developments that took place within their organization from the beginning of photo-
grammetric work to the present, not all of the companies reported. Many felt that their
interests and contributions to the early development of photogrammetry would not be
of sufficient interest; others felt that their work was more along the lines of an operat-
ing organization rather than one engaged in research and development. Other commer-
cial organizations felt that their files were inadequate.
Members and organizations are cordially invited to help complete the history of
photogrammetry in the United States by bringing to light contributions to the science
that may have been inadvertently overlooked.
DAVID LANDEN
