American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
AbbreviationASPRS
Formation1934; 90 years ago (1934)
TypeNGO
PurposeA scientific association
Membership
3000
AffiliationsInternational Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Websitewww.asprs.org

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is an American learned society devoted to photogrammetry and remote sensing. It is the United States' member organization of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Founded in 1934 as American Society of Photogrammetry and renamed in 1985,[1] the ASPRS is a scientific association serving over 7,000 professional members around the world. As a professional body with oversight of specialists in the arts of imagery exploitation and photographic cartography. Its official journal is Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS),[2] known as Photogrammetric Engineering between 1937 and 1975.[3]

  1. ^ Thompson, Morris M (1986). "Professional meetings on photogrammetry and remote sensing in the United States of America". Photogrammetria. 41 (1). Elsevier BV: 42–48. doi:10.1016/0031-8663(86)90007-4. ISSN 0031-8663.
  2. ^ "Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) – ASPRS".
  3. ^ "PE&RS Archives of the Past – ASPRS".