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THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY. in se 
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The first organization meeting of the American Society of Photogramme- detai 
try was held on 29 July 1934 at the home of O. S. Reading in Washington D.C. 
A dozen enthusiastic workers!) in photogrammetry quickly agreed that they had ogra] 
much to gain by keeping each other informed about the latest developments in rathe 
their methods of work and that perhaps a hundred more in the United States with 
would be willing to support a mimeographed publication of a society of photo- 
grammetry. The American Society of Photogrammetry was incorporated as a leade 
non-profit scientific and technical society in the District of Columbia on Oc- phot: 
tober 23, 1934. The first annual meeting was held on April 22-23, 1935 in the prov; 
New National Museum in Washington. By the end of its first year the mem- grapl 
bership of the Society had grown to 217, greatly exceeding the preliminary ex- the b 
pectations of the organizing group. The Society's continued growth to 802 wher 
members in 1938 and 2730 in 1952 is evidence of both the growing importance achie 
of photogrammetry and the Society's success in facilitating the exchange of its 
members. of Di 
Publications. — The publications of the Society started with some mimeo- their 
graphed ,,News Notes” in 1934, was succeeded in 1937 by a lithographed quar- to in 
terly ,,Photogrammetric Engineering”. In 1938 Photogrammetric Engineering being 
appeared as a printed quarterly which has grown steadily to 845 pages and a : 
circulation of over 3000 in 1952. An annual “Year Book”, containing the busi- 1940 
ness proceedings and membership data of the Society was started in 1950 to ful ir 
make such information available to the membership in convenient form for ificat 
ready reference. expet 
Meetings. — The Society holds its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. result 
usually during the second week in January. The registration at these meetings has sion | 
gradually increased to 985 in 1952. An exposition of the latest developments in agenc 
photogrammetric instruments and products is held at the annual meetings to- 
gether with two or more days of technical papers and symposia, an awards and Socie 
business night session, a cocktail party and a dinner dance. Mani 
A Semi-Annual Meeting usually, although not always, has been held at of th 
some local section headquarters where photogrammetric work is very active. overl 
They have proven highly valuable and will undoubtedly be held each year in prove 
the future. with 
Local Section meetings are held several times each year for first hand ex- of 15 
change of information and acquaintance of photogrammetrists working near 
enough to make such meetings feasible. They have been found very stimulating cles, : 
and enjoyable. The society now has twelve local sections: Chattanooga, Northern ing d 
California, Southern California, Columbia River, Ohio, Puget Sound, Rocky inval 
Mountain, Rolla, Syracuse, New York City, St. Louis, Central New York. has b 
Achievements of tbe Society. — From its first years when its publication : 
of comparative survey tests convinced government survey organizations that can € 
photogrammetry was both more economical and of higher general accuracy than Socie 
prevailing plane table methods to recent years when the growing importance of and e 
photogrammetry to highway engineering geology and resource studies of under- gaine 
developed areas is beginning to be appreciated, the Society has been successful C e 
ed de 
1) R. K. Bean, C. H. Birdseye, W. N. Brown, J. L. Buckmaster, C. W. Collier, C. H. Davey, 
L. T. Eliel, H. Gruner, T. W. McKinley, J. W. Ninneman, O. S. Reading, and M. S. Wright. |