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RULES GOVERNING THE AWARD OF THE 
BROCK GOLD MEDAL 
Preamble 
The periodic award of a gold medal was instituted in 1952 by the ISP to 
encourage the advancement of photogrammetry. The funds for the provision of medals 
were given in memory of Arthur and Norman Brock. On 22nd May 1954 and 25th 
March 1955 the Council of the ISP adopted unanimously certain rules governing the 
award of the medal and further resolved that those rules should remain in force until 
altered by the unanimous vote of the Council, which provision is still valid. On 8th May 
1958 the Council considered alteration to the rules and subsequently by correspondence 
agreed by unanimous vote to alter them and re-write them as follows. 
Rules governing the award of the Brock Gold Medal 
1. The medal shall be known as the Brock Gold Medal and shall be awarded at 
the sole discretion of the Council of the ISP which shall be exercised in accord 
ance with the following rules. 
2. The person to whom the award is to be made shall be selected irrespective of his 
nationality and solely in respect of his contribution to the accomplishment to be 
signalised by the award. 
3. The medal shall be awarded only in respect of an outstanding landmark in the 
evolution of photogrammetry, which shall be a proven contribution to photo 
grammetry of whatever form, whether a major completed photogrammetric map 
ping project, some fundamentally new equipment or fundamentally new technique, 
or other new departure. 
4. The landmark in the evolution of photogrammetry to be thus signalised by the 
award of the medal shall have proved its worth as a contribution to photogram 
metry at least two years prior to the congress at which the award is to be made 
and in general not more than some twelve years prior to that congress. 
5. Recommendations for the award of the medal shall be made in accordance with 
the following rules: 
a. As a preliminary informative procedure, intended solely to reduce the pos 
sibility of overlooking the names of possible candidates, the Administration 
shall, two years prior to each congress, invite the member societies to submit 
the names of those whose work lies directly within their cognizance and in 
their opinion might possibly fall within the scope of the award. No recom 
mendations shall accompany such names, but a brief statement showing the 
field in which the person has been working and the general nature of his work 
therein may do so. The Administration shall send to all member societies 
without comment a list of all names and accompanying statements received 
up to 18 months prior to the congress. This list need not be and shall not be 
deemed to be comprehensive of all possible candidates. Inclusion in it shall 
not be a prerequisite for recommendation for the award. 
b. Every recommendation for the award shall be made by two sponsors who shall 
be individuals adhering to the ISP through any of the forms of membership 
and who are not of the same nationality as their candidate nor of the same 
nationality as one another. 
c. Recommendations shall be in respect of an individual and not of a group 
of individuals nor of any organisation or commercial firm. However, as many 
advances in photogrammetry and in the execution of photogrammetric map