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lown. book value in a photo lab and in analytical/analog plotters would 
rages have to be set to zero, 
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ages Generally the transition to digital imaging and to a totally digital 
al to workflow offers opportunities to reduce costs, in particular in the 
conversion of images to data products (the level 4+ process). It will 
be this ability of photogrammetric operations to automate its 
vings procedures on the basis of an unlimited increase in the redundancy 
data of the source data that will separate the survivors from those who 
ill be may not survive the emerging paradigm shift. 
Aor 7. CONCLUSIONS 
ncern 
As is typical of shifts in the prevailing rules of an established 
discipline (its “paradigm”), changes affect every participant. 
garde Examples exist in abundance of disciplines that did get totally 
full changed with the advent of computing innovations (examples: 
printing industry, teleccommunications, watch making....). Many 
  
  
men players may no longer continue in the field, others may enter with a 
fresh approach. 
rs The skill ‘set needed’ to succeed -in the. future "New 
Photogrammetry” is shifting rapidly to computing and computer 
ving] network operations. Software, software operations, networks of 
000 inexpensive computers, large disks and tape arrays, the web and 
000 "ubiquitous computing" all dictate who will succeed in the *New 
000 Photogrammetry", where the entire work flow is digital, automation 
000 has taken over many previously manual tasks and film has 
000] disappeared. 
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rod We expect that the costs for image acquisition will be cut in half by 
— the transition to digital sensing. We also assume that the costs of 
——] photogrammetric processing will be cut at least in half by 
— abandoning the analog/analytical work flows and transiting to fully 
000) digital procedures and products. This assumption is based on the 
000 expectation that automation can eliminate 50% (or more) of current 
000] manual labor. In some phases such as AT, DEM and orthos, the 
000 labor costs may be cut to a mere 10" of they were previously. And 
000 the age-old paradigm of “minimizing the number of expensive film 
150] images" will get abandoned. Instead, success will depend on an 
Tm organizations’ ability to set up fully automated procedures using a 
id 4he free choice of no-cost digital source data. 
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