GRSS’ Brazil Chapter is now an ISPRS Associate Member

An International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Associate Member is an organization which represents a community of photogrammetrists, remote sensing experts and/or spatial information experts in a country, and which has a strong interest in participating in the Society's affairs, and which is not represented by the Ordinary Member (OdM) organization of the country.

The ISPRS is the worldwide Society of professionals from research, applications and industry sectors, with a tradition dating back to 1910, which:

i) Conducts and promotes high-quality research and development in photogrammetry, remote sensing, spatial information systems, related vision sciences, and their applications;
ii) Conducts regular forums for the dissemination of information on new developments in its fields of interest;
iii) Regularly publishes reports of activities and results of research, new developments and applications;
iv) Promotes and facilitates education and training programs in its fields of interest;

ISPRS is a non-governmental international organisation devoted to the development of international cooperation for the advancement of the photogrammetry, remote sensing, spatial information sciences (GIS, SIS, LIS), related vision sciences, their integration and their applications. ISPRS represents professionals worldwide, who are associated with research, applications and commercial development of equipment and software systems in its fields of interest.

Source: http://www.isprs.org/members/benefits.aspx