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Joint Satellite Mapping and Remote Sensing Committee 210 Little Falls Street, Falls Church, VA 22046 [[representation of the 1934 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing]] American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (703)534-6617 [[representation of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping]] American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (703)241-2446 _______________________________________ [[left-margin]] Charles H. Andregg Lawrence F. Ayers, Jr. Ralph Bernstein Fred C. Billingsley Barry C. Bishop John C. Bossler Francis Bretherton Dino Brugioni Alden P. Colvocoresses Robert N. Colwell Frederick J. Doyle John J. Graham Alan F. Gregory Michel T. Halbouty Frederick B. Henderson, III Roger M. Hoffer Roland S. Inlow Donald C. Latham Thomas M. Lillesand John Logsdon Donald S. Lowe Arthur C. Lundahl John S. MacDonald Robert McEwen John L. McLucas Francis H. Moffitt Stanley A. Morain Maurice O. Nyquist Charles K. Paul William A. Radlinski Paul Rosenberg Vincent V. Salomonson Philip N. Slater Alan R. Stevens W. Murray Strome James V. Taranik James Van Allen Allen H. Watkins Roy A. Welch James A. Williams Richard S. Williams, Jr. M. Gordon Wolman Alberta Auringer Wood J. M. Zarzycki [[top middle of page]] March 31, 1988 Mr. William R. Graham Science Advisor to the President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. Graham: Your November 18 response to our committee's letter of October 22, 1987 is greatly appreciated. Since that time we note that President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev have agreed that the study of Global Climate and Environmental Change should be a joint US/USSR undertaking. We believe that an operational Earth-sensing system, as proposed in our previous letter, is essential to such a study. As you letter urges, we are actively working with other concerned United States agencies towards definition of an operational Earth-sensing program as part of the International Space Year (1992). This coming summer the 16th quadrennial Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing will meet in Lyoto, Japan from July 1-10. This Society involves member organizations form 75 countries, all of which have a vital interest in Earth-sensing. The United States delegation to Kyoto, led by the American society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, is proposing a plenary session aimed at international cooperation in Earth-sensing, specifically, to include the mapping and monitoring of the earth. We take this opportunity to invite the Administration to express such views as it may have on this subject. At the Kyoto Congress, the United States delegation will invite the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing to hold its next Congress in Washington, D.C., during August, 1992. Several related organizations will also meet here during that summer. If our bid is successful Washington, D.C., will be the international focal point for mapping and remote sensing during the International Space Year. Respectfully, [[signature]] President, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing [[signature]] President, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
