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THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC EDUCATION 
FOR THE 21st CENTURY 
Kevin Jones 
School of Surveying 
Queensland University of Technology 
BRISBANE QUEENSLAND 4000 
Chris Bellman and Greg Ellis 
Department of Land Information 
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 
MELBOURNE VICTORIA 3001 
AUSTRALIA 
Commission V1/2 
ABSTRACT: 
In recent years society has been undergoing fundamental restructuring brought on 
by extensive technological change. Almost all professional communities, including 
the photogrammetric community, have been affected. While the wider community is 
embracing digital techniques at a staggering pace, photogrammetric organisations, 
with a few exceptions, are generally using analytical or analogue instruments and 
methods. In addition the Surveying and Mapping profession has embraced and 
absorbed the domains of GIS/LIS and remote sensing. The challenge to the education 
institutions is to provide the necessary education now which will equip students 
with the knowledge, interest and training which will support them throughout their 
professional lives. This paper reviews current photogrammetric syllabi in two 
Australian Universities and suggests 
an approach to ensure photogrammetric 
education will be relevant and important as the world moves into the 21st century. 
KEY WORDS: Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Education, Training. 
1. INTRODUCTION 
Technological change is fundamentally 
altering the nature and workings of many 
aspects of society. Photogrammetry along 
with many other disciplines has been swept 
along by this change. Techniques and 
equipment used for many years are suddenly 
obsolete. Computer technology is providing 
new solutions and redefining the nature of 
photogrammetry itself. 
The key to acknowledging, understanding and 
accommodating this change is the 
educational process. This paper will 
consider the future of photogrammetry from 
the perspective of the educationalist. In 
doing this a case study involving two 
Australian Universities will be used. 
2. INSTITUTE BACKGROUND 
2.1 Royal Melbourne Institute of 
Technology (RMIT) 
Surveying has been taught at the RMIT since 
the early 1930's A formal professional 
course (the Associateship Diploma in Land 
Surveying) commenced in 1954 and was soon 
followed by the Associateship Diploma in 
Cartography. Fellowship diploma programs 
were introduced in 1962 and in 1964 the 
Department of Land Surveying was formally 
established. In 1971 the three year course 
leading to the Bachelor of Applied Science 
(Surveying) commenced and in 1975 the 
Diploma of Applied Science (Cartography) 
replaced the Associateship Diploma in 
Cartography, this later became the Bachelor 
of Applied Science (Cartography). 
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In 1989 the Department (whose name was 
changed (1987) to Land Information rather 
than Surveying) introduced a new four year 
degree program entitled Bachelor of Land 
Information with streams in Surveying and 
Cartography. The Department also conducts a 
Graduate Diploma in Land Data Management, a 
Master of Applied Science (by coursework), 
a Master of Applied Science (by research) 
and Doctoral programs. 
The Department is, together with the School 
of Surveying at UNSW, the largest of its 
kind in Australian tertiary institutions. 
2.2 Queensland University of Technology 
(QUT) 
The Bachelor of Applied Science (Surveying) 
course within the Department of Surveying, 
Faculty of Engineering of the then 
Queensland Institute of Technology 
commenced in 1974 as a six year sandwich 
course. The course was extremely popular 
with the Surveying Profession and continued 
in this form until 1986. It was then 
changed to a 3 year full time Bachelor of 
Applied Science with strands in Surveying 
and Cartography as part of an agreement 
with the University of Queensland to 
rationalise surveying education in 
Queensland. Undergraduate education became 
the responsibility of the QIT and post 
graduate education the responsibility of 
the | University of Queensland. (This 
arrangement has been discontinued in 1992). 
In 1989 the Queensland Institute of 
Technology (QIT) became the Queensland 
University of Technology (QUT). In 1990 the 
Department of Surveying became the School 
of Surveying within the Faculty of Built 
Environment and Engineering on the