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2. PRESENT STATUS OF THE TASK OF THE WORKING GROUPS 
A detailed report of the programme of activities of each Working Group and their implemen- 
tation will be rendered by the Working Group chairmen. This paper gives a brief summary of 
activities and achievements of each Working Group as at June, 1986. 
2.1 INVENTORY OF MANPOWER INCLUDING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FACILITIES 
Task Definition: 
Establishment of an International Documentation Centre on manpower, education and 
research facilities in surveying and mapping. 
Preparing specifications for access and retrieval of data from the Centre. 
Continuously updating the Inventory of Manpower, Education and Research Facilities. 
Promoting the Centre as a joint venture of ISPRS, FIG, ICA and ISM. 
A data bank of inventory of manpower including education and research facilities in survey- 
ing and mapping on a world-wide basis was initiated and established by Prof. A. J. Brandenberger 
in 1972 in Laval University, Canada under the auspices of the United Nations and with the ISPRS 
as co-proprietor. Input data to the Bank are obtained on a continuous basis through specially 
designed questionnaires. In the 1980 — 1984 period, the Joint Board of the International Union 
of Surveying and Mapping Organisations agreed to establish an International Documentation Cen- 
tre in close collaboration with the Laval Data Bank, and co-hosted by the ITC. Unfortunatel y, 
this Centre has not taken off. The data of the Laval Bank therefore remains the only source infor- 
mation on facilities in surveying and mapping on a world-wide basis. 
It is expected that the chairman of the Working Group will report on the cooperation, if any, 
with the ITC on the establishment of the IDC. In the meantime, the work of the Working Group 
is implemented through 19 regional sub-working groups. 
2.2 WORKING GROUP Vi/2 — HISTORY 
Task: 
To complete and publish the book titled, ‘Photogrammetry — Historical 
methods and instruments. 
review of 
A detailed report of this Working Group is contained in Commi 
1986). The book on ‘Photogrammetry, 
be published in 3 volumes. Ted Blachut, 
ted work on Volume 1. Dr. F. J. Doyle i 
hoped that either of them will give a rep 
of the texts of these too volumes and the 
ssion VI News (Adekoya, 
historical review of methods and instruments' is to 
the co-chairman of this Working Group has comple- 
s to be responsible for publication of volume 2. It is 
ort on the current status of work on the completion 
programme to complete volume Ill. 
2.3 WORKING GROUP VI/3 — MULTI-LINGUAL DICTIONARY 
Task: 
To complete and publish the ISPRS Multi-lin 
gual Dictionary of phtogrammetry and 
remove sensing terms and definitions. 
To encourage translation and publication of the Dictionary by other language groups. 
The ASP Multi-lingual Dictiona 
ry forms the input data base and is currently being trans- 
lated to different languages.