1.Policy
Council requires that Technical Commission Presidents and Working Group Chairs arrange for the preparation of formal reports on all Commission scientific meetings which are sponsored or supported by ISPRS. These reports will ensure adequate reporting on Commission activities to Council. In addition, they should be published in the ISPRS Highlights. To ensure currency of the information, the reports should be provided within one month of the completion of the meeting. The author of the report should originate from a continent (country) other than the country organizing the meeting, to ensure that an independent view of the proceedings at the meeting is given. The scope of the Report aims to keep Council, readers of the ISPRS Highlights and ISPRS members up-to-date on scientific outcomes and trends in remote sensing, photogrammetry, GIS and related fields.

2. Content
The content of Reports should include:

• 2.1 General information on the meeting (sponsoring organization, date, site, background, scope and subjects; number of participants and the number of countries represented; exhibition; and other technical and social events).
• 2.2 Scientific results related to photogrammetry, remote sensing and GIS. Because the quality of papers at meetings is variable, reports should present an assessment of substantial outcomes. Merely repeating the program of the meeting without evaluation is of no help to readers. Problem areas that need further research efforts should be listed. An outlook on the future should be included.
• 2.3 Information on, and contact address for acquiring the proceedings, if they are to be published.
• 2.4 Forthcoming meetings (of the sponsoring/ supporting organizations) which impact on photogrammetry and remote sensing. Contact address with phone, fax number and E-mail addresses.
• 2.5 On average, any report should not exceed 600 words in the English language.

3. Delivery
Manuscripts must be prepared in electronic form in MSWord (PC or Macintosh) and should be sent by E-mail (a passport size photograph of the author of the report should also be included in hardcopy or electronic form for inclusion with the report) to:

Orhan Altan, Secretary General ISPRS and Highlights Editor
Istanbul Technical University
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry
34469 Ayazaga-Istanbul
Turkey
Tel: +90-212-285-3810
Fax: +90-212-285-6587
E-mail: oaltan@itu.edu.tr

These reports which are specifically intended for scientific and technical meetings and not for business meetings, will improve communication of the Society's activities to its members, and also enable the Council to report more formally to associated bodies. It is therefore requested that these reports are supplied on time and according to these specifications.