ISPRS
2000
‘ISPRS daily’ - Regular Reporting on Compressed Congress
by Cees A. Jongepier, Netherlands Remote Sensing Board (BCRS)
Four years ago the ‘Speaking Tube' was the XVIIIth con-
gress’ successful communication medium. But apparently
at a price!
Lucky Strike
The name was a lucky strike! After four years it was still the
envy of the next team of editors to rise to the occasion. Yet
in retrospect one wonders if not there and then extra effort
was required for all and sundry to finally rise to such suc-
cess? For, does not the sound of a speaking tube tend to
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Welcome word of the Organisation
Dear Congress Participants, Congress is not less than the previous one. usefulness and affordability of geoin-
However we have made some changes in the formation in the years to come.
Welcome in Amsterdam, the Congress, the à By having these presentations during
one being the shortening of the length of the Session of our Congress, | am sure that
Four years went by very quickly since the Congress from two weeks to one week. A this will a good
Netherlands Society for Ih Observation and Congress has the that everyone Will bo — mate purpose and application of our sciences in
leolrformatics (NSEOG) In Vienna was given the — there at the same time, which Is In particular of problem song under different
to Cony interest to the exhibitors who usually have only one conditions, during the following days when we split
up in smaller groups of a mora specialized nature.
itted to its mandate. We
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diverse sionals from application which are rather
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to seeing tham this week again In Amsterdam. . Can our new Information
The question arises with all this networking # we | contribute to quick solutions for less developed
are going lo these big congresses at all in the intries by" leapfrogging" some of the Finally, | want to express my gratitude for the gen-
future? Should we start thinking of which the richer countries were already able to of our sponsors, public and private,
ings? So far people seem fo that we eliminate at a considerable which enabled us to keep the Congress fee at a
need to meet in person , at least the interest for our ^ spatial/geo has a crucial role to play in nable to support the
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1 look forward to meeting many of you during the
coming week. With also the social programme and
the technical tours, it will be a busy week. If after all
one week proves lo be too short , the next
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360 million US dollars par year to contribute to — Klaas Jan Beek, ISPRIS Congress Director.
food security, particular the security of the
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bridge only the shorter distance? And (metaphorically), does
not the very name suggest a prior mustering of relative
strength? For, indeed, does it not require an initial blowing of
a whistle, part of the device, to allow the feeble tone to
arouse attention? To let the subsequently transmitted mes-
sage also be enjoyed at the receiving end by those hard of
hearing? The 'Proceedings and Results, Part A, of the XVII-
Ith ISPRS Congress' endorses this view, lifting up a tip of the
veil revealing further hardships where it reads: ‘Life was very
hard for the ISPRS Speaking Tube staff’. At eight in the
morning, having finished the distribution of the actual
issues, the members had to attend the editing conference’.
The same paragraph ends: ‘Normally the work was finished
at midnight with the delivery of the digital dataset to the
printing shop’. Sadly enough, it all boiled down to a relent-
less strain which had to be endured all through the ten days
it took the congress to draw to an end. But this all eventu-
ally and gloriously led to the splendid performance men-
tioned before. Four years later, building on tradition and the
inheritance of the predecessors, the XIXth congress com-
municated through a medium which was prosaically called
the ‘ISPRS daily’. It is obvious that this name had nothing to
do with vibrations, let alone sound waves. It, however,
demonstrated a self evident rhythm in its own right, at the
same time imposing the obligation to be available 'at the
crack of dawn'. Moreover, 'daily' has a certain ring and is
supposed to be a household word for sterling character.
Too Cosy
So, on the face of it the 'ISPRS daily' was meant to be pro-
duced rather smoothly, owing to heavily leaning on techni-
cal merits the fruit of digital developments in the interme-
diate four years. Still, a closer look would have brought to
light a reasonable yet manageable stress amongst the edi-
tors. Feeling a bit uneasy in the new team and their lodg-
ings, they still set ardently out to arrive at the speedy com-
munication of the congress highlights, the attractive
advertisement offers and the programme planning. Not to
be bothered with mandatory editing conferences was a
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