The results of the OEEPE research projects are published
in the OEEPE Official Publications. Workshops are regularly
organised by OEEPE Commissions, and an OEEPE
Newsletter is disseminated twice a year. The working
language of the OEEPE is English.
3. OEEPE ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES
(by R. Kilga, President of the OEEPE)
The field of photogrammetry and remote sensing is a
striking example of the enormous technological progress
made in the course of the twentieth century. From its
inception photogrammetry has always been linked to
practical applications. The establishment in Paris of the
OEEPE in 1953 represented a major step forward for the
growth of this specialised field. Since this time valuable
research activities were undertaken and techniques
developed for various disciplines by the OEEPE, so that the
range of applications of photogrammetry was extended far
beyond geodesy.
As we stand on the threshold of the next millennium it is
vital to the challenge of a modern information society and
develop a vision of the future that involves recognizing the
complex links between a wide spectrum of scientific
knowledge and areas of application. The OEEPE could play
a key role according to the European policy in the area of
geographic information by significant initiatives and
contributions.
The OEEPE has responded to the demands of the times by
updating its statutes, adopting modern technologies and
introducing a forward-looking management concept for its
operations. Management and consulting strategies form the
base for the organization's further development on a sound
economic basis. Our new Research Plan reflects the role of
the OEEPE in the European Geoinformation Society. In the
field of technology watching, the OEEPE acts as a link
between academia, industry and users in exploring the
practical and commercial viability of ideas and proposals
and providing potential users with applications profiles.
Without photogrammetry and remote sensing it would
hardly be possible to create a topographic infrastructure of
Europe as an essential cornerstone for the establishment of
geographic information systems (GIS). The OEEPE should
enforce to be concerned with the practical aspects of the
use of GIS data at a European level. Issues such as
standardisation, quality management, data description and
the like should be subject of experiments. Here the role of
the OEEPE as a multi-disciplinary and multi-national pool of
experts, is to pave the way for the work of national
institutions.
This congress, bringing together as it does the leading
scientists and professionals of various disciplines, is an
outstanding forum in which the OEEPE can not only offer its
expertise but also put forward its views and vision of the
future and to adjust its aims.
In my capacity as current president of the OEEPE | would
like to take this opportunity to thank the officials of the
ISPRS for their excellent cooperation, and to congratulate
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them on all their achievements during the last period of
office. | wish the organizers a highly successful 18th
Congress and | hope that for all the participants in this
congress their experiences here among their esteemed
colleagues will accompany them on their professional paths.
| am confident that the congress will make important
contributions to the further development of the field of
photogrammetry and remote sensing and to the benefit of
the OEEPE, respectively.
4. OEEPE RESEARCH PLAN, PROJECTS AND
PUBLICATIONS
The OEEPE has a rolling Research Plan; the Research
Plan presents the OEEPE Research Perspective and the
OEEPE Research Programmes and Projects.
4.1 OEEPE research perspective
User requirements and technology have changed drastically
during the last few decades, from a pure data acquisition to
an information system perspective, enabling cost effective
access, exchange and integration of Geoinformation. The
present OEEPE research perspective is that
Photogrammetry should not be considered in a narrow
sense but in the framework of Geoinformatics, specially in
view of the trend towards large systems and system
integration; it should serve the whole European
Geoinformatics Community, deal with problems of more
than local significance, and be carried out by means of
international cooperation; it normally relates to technical
and scientific questions or deals with the performance
status of methods, but also operational and organisational
aspects can be included.
4.2 OEEPE research programmes/projects
The following Research Programmes are considered in the
1995 update of the Research Plan: Data Acquisition;
Photogrammetric Point Determination; Information
Extraction; Information Management; Information
Presentation; Quality, transfer and archiving; and
Applications. Research topics included in the rolling plan
are considered to be those most in need to solve short term
production problems, and to prepare for the introduction of
new techniques in the future. In addition to projects related
to technological problem solving and cost saving
technology, the OEEPE is also embarking on more strategic
issues related to GIS for Europe. Following is a list of
research projects which have either been completed or
started during the reporting period.
* Research projects which have been successfully
completed during the reporting period:
- GPS supported block triangulation: to analyse the
strengths and weaknesses of GPS supported aerial
triangulation, and to extract factors that have influence
on the results.
- Aerial triangulation using digitized images: to assess
potentials and limitations of methods for aerial
triangulation using digitized images.
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