REPORT OF ISPRS HIGHLIGHTS - THE ISPRS BULLETIN

ISPRS Highlights is a quarterly publication of ISPRS which reports on ISPRS activities. It includes the Annual Report, minutes of Meetings of Council and Joint Meetings of Council and Technical Commission Presidents, reports of ISPRS sponsored technical meetings, workshops, Symposia and the Congress, book reviews, details of members, and a calendar of forthcoming meetings. It commenced in October 1996, with reports of the XVIII ISPRS Congress in July 1996. Subsequently a further 5 editions have been published, including this edition.

Council has agreed to the following schedule of publication.

Issue   Submission   Compilation  Approval     Sent     In Mail
Date    of material               of content   to Printer
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Jan       1/12          15/12      22/12       3/1       31/1
April     1/3           15/3       22/3        1/4       30/4
July      1/6           15/6       22/6        1/7       31/7
October   1/9           15/9       22/9        1/10      31/10

A Content Plan, advertisement policy and space allotments for ISPRS officers and Members have been adopted and published in ISPRS Highlight Vol 2 No 2 in April 1997.

The cost of publication will be partly supported by advertisement revenue and partly by ISPRS. Additional advertisers are currently being sought.

• Summary reports of Technical Commissions from 1992-1996 by the then Technical Commission Presidents
• Technical Papers - 2
• Technical Commission Presidents for 1996-2000, Terms of Reference of Commissions and Working Groups, Chairs and Co-Chairs of Working Groups
• 1996 Annual Report including:
  • Technical Commission Reports
  • Interorganisational activities
  • Regional Member Activities
• Minutes of Council Meetings:
  • Oigami/Tokyo Japan, October 1996
  • Seattle USA, April 1997
  • Rio/Natal, Brazil, September 1997
• Minutes of Council and Technical Commission Presidents
  • Oigami Japan, October 1996
  • Rio, Brazil, September 1997
• Announcements of the Congress in Amsterdam The Netherlands, July 2000

• Announcements of Technical Commission Symposia and Workshops - 10
• Reports on ISPRS sponsored technical meetings - 10
• News from ISPRS Working Groups - 4
• Book reviews - 3
• Special topics
  • Policy on publications in ISPRS Highlights
  • Education Opportunities
• ISPRS Sustaining Members - addresses and profiles
• Events Calendar - updated each issue