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Notes: Three authors, representing commercial, educational and governmental photogrammetric organisations, report on their initial uses of analytical plotters.

Notes: Book reviews in this article:PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE TECHNIQUES FOR GEODYNAMICS. Edited by J. Somogyi. Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Sopron. Hungary.THE SURVEILLANT SCIENCE: REMOTE SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT. Edited by R. K. Holz. Second edition. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., New York and Chichester.DISCOVERY FROM THE AIR. By G. W. G. Allen. Edited by J. S. P. Bradford and O. G. S. Crawford with Introduction and Captions by D. N. Riley. Aerial Archaeology.PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING. By P. J. Curran. Longman, London and New York.SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY. By I. S. Robinson. Ellis Horwood Ltd, Chichester.THE RIGHT OF THE LINE. The Royal Air Force in the European War 1939–1945. By J. Terraine. Hodder & Stoughton, London.INDUSTRIAL HISTORY FROM THE AIR. By K. Hudson. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.INTRODUCTION TO SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY. By G. A. Maul. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.REMOTE SENSING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. Edited by T. J. M. Kennie and M. C. Matthews. Blackie and Son Ltd. Surrey University Press, Glasgow and London.

Notes: The use of small computers for on line data processing in photogrammetry has developed from the desktop calculators of the early 1970s to the microcomputers of today. The restrictions of machine code programming, small memory and limited display have been overcome. Software has been written for the PI-1A monocomparator using the BBC microcomputer for a calibration test, relative orientation, and strip formation and adjustment in the on line mode. This low cost system is suitable for training inexperienced operators or students in analytical photogrammetry, with the sequence of observation guided by operator prompts and with error checking computations displayed. Re-observations can be made on line and acceptable observations stored for input to the strip adjustment program or subsequent block adjustment.

Notes: Using modern techniques, the analysis of amateur photographs yields results with almost the same accuracy level as with metric photographs. This paper gives a classification of data processing techniques for amateur photographs and presents a well proven method for the treatment of existing amateur photographs, known as Metric Photo Perspective Transformation (MPPT). Data processing is particularly convenient and efficient if on line techniques are used. Operational procedures for the treatment of additional parameters and for the detection of blunders in a time critical on line triangulation system are proposed.

Notes: This paper is concerned with a new technique (the terrestrial/photogrammetric (TP) technique) for the detection and compensation of systematic height errors in block aerial triangulation. The technique improves the height accuracy of such triangulation by reducing the original bridging distance, using new bands of corrected photogrammetric tie points as height control together with the original bands of the terrestrial (or ground) height control. A number of photogrammetric blocks with different characteristics and configurations have been tested in a comprehensive manner. The tests show that the TP technique gives consistent results over a wide range of circumstances and that it is a most effective, simple and inexpensive method for the compensation of systematic errors.〈section xml:id="abs1-2"〉〈title type="main"〉RésuméCet article relate une technique nouvelle permettant de détecter et de compenser les erreurs altimétriques systématiques dans l'aérotriangulation par blocs: la technique terrestre/photogrammétrique (TP). Cette technique améliore la précision altimétrique de l'aérotriangulation en réduisant la distance de l'aérocheminement original, grâce à l'utilisation d'un canevas de points d'appuis altimétriques composés de points de liaison photogrammétriques corrigés, en supplément du canevas original de points d'appui altimétriques déterminés sur le terrain.On a essayé de manière approfondie un grand nombre de blocs dotés de caractéristiques et de configurations diverses. Les essais montrent que la technique TP fournit des résultats fiables dans un large éventail de circonstances et que c'est une méthode de compensation des erreurs systématiques efficace, simple et peu coûteuse.〈section xml:id="abs1-3"〉〈title type="main"〉ZusammenfassungIm Artikel wird ein neues Verfahren behandelt (das terrestrisch-photogrammetrische Verfahren (TP)), das zur Aufdeckung und Kompensation system-atischer Höhenfehler in der Block triangulation dient. Es wird die Höhengenauigkeit durch Verkürzung der ursprünglichen Überbrückungsdistanz verbessert, indem neue Streifen korrigierter Verbindungspunkte als Höhenpasspunkte zusammen mit den ursprünglichen Reihen der terrestrischen Höhenpasspunkte verwendet werden. Eine Anzahl photogrammetrischer Blöcke unterschiedlicher Figur und Charakteristik wurde umfassend getestet. Die Tests zeigen, dass die TP-Methode konstante Ergebnisse für einen grossen Bereich van Möglichkeiten ergibt und dass es ein höchst effektives, einfaches und billiges Verfahren zur Eliminierung systematischer Fehler ist.