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Figure 2. The ISPRS Structure
These resolutions traditionally are prepared by the Com-
missions with the intent that the Society’s Commissions
and WGs address topics at the leading edge of S&T. It is
recognized that this most important process requires
external, as well as internal, review to ensure excellence.
Enhancements to improve this process have recently been
enacted which activate the Commissions to prepare Res-
olutions well in advance of the General Assemblies and
which establish an International Science Advisory Com-
mittee (ISAC) to support this Council-led process. The
ISAC was initiated in 1999 and is composed of interna-
tionally renowned experts in the P&RS&SIS field.
Many opportunities are available for ISPRS to tangibly
improve its value to the global science community. We
know that remote sensing can provide measures needed
to validate global change hypotheses, can provide meas-
ures and assessments of resources and disasters and
can monitor the influence of humanity on the Earth’s
landscape. In this regard, each of the ISPRS Commis-
sions could conduct activities which could provide useful
information for internally assisting resolution priority set-
ting, and externally for global decisionmaking. Some
examples readily come to fore, such as (by Commission
number):
| provide an annual inventory of available Earth observ-
ing satellites and sensors by type and capability
l| provide an annual assessment of global technology
capacity, i.e. storage, network, processor speed,
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stereo workstations, etc.
lll identify areas in need of R&D and articulate the major
challenges for the sciences and technologies
annually provide statistics on the availability of maps
and GIS data bases by type, content/scale and loca-
tion
V list the varied close-range applications available for
use by others and the technical challenges to be
solved
provide public links and accesses to P&RS&SIS topics
and current listings of education and training offerings
provide an annual State of the World by coverage type,
location and percentage, i.e. 96 land cover/use, 96 ice
cover/water, 96 atmosphere composition, 96 pristine
vs. polluted, etc.
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Some of these are very ambitious challenges, but it is
incumbent upon ISPRS to be the true voice for its disci-
plines, professions and applications. Therefore it must
proactively interact with the many other organizations
which need valid P&RS&SIS information. International co-
operation is an outreach activity and it is important for
ISPRS to strengthen its relations with UN-related organi-
zations, sister societies and public user groups and con-
sortia. ISPRS is formally designated as a Non-Govern-
mental Organization (NGO) by the UN Economic and
Social Council (ECOSOC) and is a member of the: UN
Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS),
the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, Interna-
International Archives of Photogrammerty and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXIII, Part A. Amsterdam 2000.
