Call for Bids for the ISPRS 2026 – 2030 Term
Dear ISPRS Ordinary Members,
We are pleased to announce an open call for bidding for important positions and events within our organization for the period 2026-2030.
Ordinary Members who consider themselves in a position to support candidates for the respective offices, or who wish to bid for an event, are welcome to send the necessary documents to the Secretary General by the given deadline. For further information please contact ISPRS Secretary General JIANG Jie at isprs-sg@isprs.org.
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ISPRS Past President Christian Heipke receives Honorary Doctorate
Prof. Christian Heipke, ISPRS Past President and Director of the Institute of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, on 17 November 2023. This award was made in recognition of his services in
the research fields of digital photogrammetry and remote sensing, his extraordinary voluntary commitment to the further development of organisations in these research fields on a national and international level and his close ties with the University of Stuttgart.
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ISPRS Awards offered in 2026
ISPRS honours excellent researchers and experts by both, awards provided by organisations closely connected with ISPRS, and by awards highlighting excellent papers in ISPRS journals.
The procedures for the selection of awardees are described in the Terms of Reference of the individual Awards.
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Belém Declaration signed
During the closing ceremony of the ISPRS-SELPER Symposium, held in Brazil in November 2024, the presidents of the two scientific societies, Lena Halounová and Hilcéa Ferreira, signed the Belém Declaration on behalf of the international remote sensing community, represented by both organizations. This declaration expresses our concern about the degradation of our planet. It highlights our commitment to implement remote sensing technologies to support decisions to reduce this degradation and its impacts, remembering that this requires long time series, adhering to Open Science standards, and investments in research and development. This declaration constitutes a statement and a roadmap for the represented scientific and professional community in sight of the next Conference of the Parties (COP) to be hosted in 2025 in Belém.
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Chinese Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Centre (LASAC) shares sample data from China's Natural Resources Satellites to ISPRS
The Chinese Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Centre (LASAC) under the Ministry of Nature Resources has very generously shared with the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) sample data from China's Natural Resources Satellites for scientific research and education. The shared data can be freely used for non-commercial purposes by the whole society free of charge. This is the first time that ISPRS has been offered such a wide range of open-access satellite imagery for the scientific and academic community.
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New Book "Global Land Cover Validation: Methodology, Tools, and Practices" in ISPRS Book Series
Accurate characterization of land cover at global, regional, and local scales is essential for sustainable development monitoring, environmental change studies, natural resource management, disaster assessment and mitigation, and many other applications. The thematic accuracy of these land cover data products can be documented through sample-based validation or comparison with existing reference data. The accuracy assessment results will not only help the users to understand the uncertainty and the scope of data applications but also enable the producers to examine and analyze the types, sources, and spatial distribution of errors.
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