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,