proposed IDC-EPPWC on the basis of the Laval Data Bank or combining the 
IDC-EPPWC with the Laval Data Bank and housing the IDC-EPPWC at Laval 
University's Department of Photogrammetry. The meeting agreed: 
a). The IDC-EPPWC, International Documentation Centre on Education, 
Professional Practice and World Cartography, would be of great 
practical usefulness and scientific interest. 
b) The Canadian colleagues of all four societies are kindly invited 
to make every effort to realize the IDC during the forthcoming 
Canadian FIG Administration 1985-1988. 
C) The president of ISPRS (Dr. F. Doyle) is to contact the United 
Nations Cartographic Section to explore continued United Nations 
support. 
d) The IDC-EPPWC is to include cadastral and Land Information 
System data. 
Further discussions on the project took place between Mr. Charles 
Weir, President-Elect of FIG and Drs. A.J. Brandenberger & S.K. Ghosh at 
the CIS Centennial Meeting in spring 1982 in Ottawa and Mr. Weir is preparing 
a request to the author of this paper to work out a detailed project 
proposal together with a budget (the latter to be covered at least partially 
by Canadian sources). 
Structure and Operation of the proposed IDC-EPPWC 
A preliminary and realistic scheme for the IDC-EPPWC has been 
prepared by Prof. Matthias. This scheme consists of the following phases: 
1. Tasks of the IDC-EPPWC 
-Survey and analysis on a global basis on the status of professional 
education (higher education institutions, technical colleges, profes- 
sional training), responsible faculties, level of education, course 
curriculas, enrollment, duration of studies or training [P.S.: basic 
ground work on this survey has already been completed; reference is 
made to Source 2)]. 
-Survey and analysis on a global basis on the status of professional 
practice; government S & M agencies, private S & M sector, including 
ratios of work distributions. Responsibilities and tasks of the 
various individual S & M organizations. Structure of these organiza- 
tions according to expertise and size. 
-Publication of periodic reports within the framework of FIG. 
-Providing information on specific request. 
-Participate in the activity of FIG. 
2. Organization and funding of the IDC-EPPWC 
-] director plus 2 associates working on a part-time basis. 
Brandenberger