countries for only short periods. There is, in addition, the 
danger that such officers may not find it easy to adjust 
themselves to conditions in the developing countries and may 
thus find it difficult to appreciate or appraise the problems 
of these countries. The ultimate goal is to provide 
indigenous instructors, indigenous supervisors and indigenous 
specialists in photogrammetry and to ensure that institutions 
exist in the developing countries to train them. But as the 
number required is relatively small their training need not 
be in special institutions set apart solely for photogrammetry. 
This type of training could be in universities with disciplines 
in surveying or cartography in which photogrammetry must play 
‘a vital role. 
TRAINING FACILITIES 
The first bold attempt to provide photogrammetric education 
from technician to professional level for the developing 
countries was in the establishment in May, 1950, of the 
International Training Centre for Aerial Surveys in Delft, 
Netherlands, now at Enschede, and known as the International 
Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC). It 
placed emphasis on the training of students,from the develop- 
ing countries. Fellowships were made available by the Royal 
Netherlands Government to students from the/ developing 
countries to study at the I.T.C., and this has made it possible 
for students from many of the developing countries to receive 
training in photogrammetry. It would, hbwever, appear that 
these opportunities were made available and accepted indiscri- 
minately for thére are instances where countries, which, up 
till now, have not yet acquired photogrammetric plotting 
instruments, had sent students to the I.T.C. for training. 
These students received the training but they have no 
facilities to put their newly acquired knowledge: into 
productive use. 
An equally bold attempt to provide photogrammetric education 
is the establishment of the Regional Centre for Training in 
Aerial Surveys in the Campus of the University, of Ife, Ile-Ife, 
Nigeria where it enjoys the co-operation of the University. 
This was established at the instigation of thd Economic Commission 
for Africa and on the initiative of Nigeria. 
The Centre is under the auspices of the Econdmic Commission 
for Africa and the participating countries are Benin, Ghana,