The National Reports Prepared bv the ISPRS Member Countries for 
232 
ISPRS Congresses 
Paper prepared for the ISPRS Commission VI Symposium, Rhodes, Greece 
Sept. 13-16, 1990 
by 
Prof. Dr. A.J. Brandenberger, Chairman, Task Force "National Reports" 
ISPRS Commission VI 
c/o Photogrammetry, Faculty of Forestry & Geomatics, Laval University 
Ouebec (Quebec) G1K 7P4 Canada 
Abstract 
After the 1988 Kyoto ISPRS Congress, ISPRS Commission VI has 
been assigned the task of working out some guidelines for the pre 
paration of the National Reports to be submitted to future ISPRS Con 
gresses by the ISPRS Member Countries. For this purpose the ISPRS 
Commission VI Board created a special task force [Commission VI Task 
Force on National Reports, TF "National Reports"]. Work of this task 
force has already started and a preliminary questionnaire was forwarded 
to the ISPRS Commission VI National Reporters. Up to date alreadv an 
appreciable number of completed questionnaires have been received by 
the TF Chairman. The present paper elaborates in more details on the 
information received from the completed questionnaires and various 
possibilities are discussed on how the National Reports should be 
prepared to be of maximum usefulness to the ISPRS community. 
Introduction 
It is considered that the National Reports submitted by the 
national member organizations to the International Congresses of Photo- 
grammetrv & Remote Sensing are important documents which provide a 
wealth of information on the status of photogrammetry & remote sensing 
in the member countries of ISPRS. In the past, such National Reports 
have been produced in various formats, styles and different readiness 
of content; also, various systems of presenting national information 
has been used, such as e.g. information provided and ordered according