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Articles | Volume XL-6
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-6-43-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-6-43-2014
23 Apr 2014
 | 23 Apr 2014

The ISPRS Student Consortium: From launch to tenth anniversary

U. Kanjir, I. Detchev, S. R. Reyes, A. Akkartal Aktas, C. Y. Lo, and H. Miyazaki

Keywords: Internet, developing countries, cooperation, information exchange, teaching, international organization, learning, planning, education

Abstract. The ISPRS Student Consortium is an international organization for students and young professionals in the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing, and the geospatial information sciences. Since its start ten years ago, the number of members of the Student Consortium has been steadily growing, now reaching close to 1000. Its increased popularity, especially in recent years, is mainly due to the organization's worldwide involvement in student matters. The Student Consortium has helped organize numerous summer schools, youth forums, and student technical sessions at ISPRS sponsored conferences. In addition, the organization publishes a newsletter, and hosts several social media outlets in order to keep its global membership up-to-date on a regular basis. This paper will describe the structure of the organization, and it will give some example of its past student related activities.