THE PUBLICATIONS OF ISPRS

The publications of ISPRS in 1997 were in five categories:

1. The ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the official publication of the Society, was published in 6 editions in 1996, comprising approximately 300 pages. It contains scientific and technical articles and reviews in the field of photogrammetry and remote sensing, and as such, endeavours to be a primary channel of communication on the scientific activities of ISPRS, for specialists in all countries working in the many disciplines applying photogrammetry and remote sensing.

2. This publication of ISPRS Highlights was a new venture for ISPRS in 1996. It is the official bulletin of the Society, and will be published 4 times per year. If contains such items as the ISPRS Annual Reports, general news of ISPRS activities, event reports of ISPRS sponsored conferences, officers lists, keynote speeches, book, project and technology reviews, minutes of Council and Technical Commission meetings, and calls for papers etc. It was published for the first time in October 1996.

3. Volume 31 of the International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing was published in 1996. It comprises 980 papers totalling approximately 5000 pages, being the proceedings and the scientific and technical presentations of the 1996 Congress, edited and distributed by the representatives from the Austrian Society for Surveying and Geoinformation, the Member organization responsible for organising the 1996 Congress. Proceedings of ISPRS sponsored Workshops have been published in 1997.

4. The ISPRS Organization and Programs 1996-2000 (Silver Book) and the annual publication ISPRS Member List (Blue Book) were published to provide Members and interested groups a brief description of the current activities and addresses, and the underlying precepts of the Society. A new edition of the Blue Book will be published in 1998. Updates to the Silver Book can be found on the ISPRS Web Page.

5. Special circulars and announcements were used to provide information on the Congress and other activities of ISPRS.