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ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMISSION II WITHIN THE 
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND 
REMOTE SENSING 
Bürgen Pietschner 
Technische Universität Dresden 
Sektion Geodäsie und Kartographie 
Mommsenstraße 13 
DDR - 8027 Dresden 
In accordance with the Statutes and Bylaws of the ISPRS 
the Technical Commissions, normally acting for a four 
years period between two International Congresses, are 
responsible for the scientific work and progress within 
the ISPRS. 
For the first time Technical Commissions were formed 
after the Und International Congress which took place 
in 1926 in Berlin. During the Illrd Congress in 1930 
there were presentations of then 11 Technical Commissions. 
The now existing 7 Technical Commissions are based on 
proposals which were made in preparation of the first 
post war Congress which took place in 1948 in The Hague. 
The areas of responsibility of these Commissions were: 
I: Photography and Photographic Technique, Survey Equip 
ment and Electronic Technique, 
II: Restitution Instruments and Plotting, 
III: Aerial Triangulation, Control Point Determination, 
IV: Application of Photogrammetry in Surveying, 
V: Various Scientific Fields, 
VI: Education and Terminology, 
VII: Photo interpretation, 
whereas the active work of the Vllth Technical Commission 
only started in 1952.