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COMMISSION VI
Working Group VI/1
Education & Research in Photogrammetry
PHOTOGRAMMETRY & CARTOGRAPHY EDUCATION IN SOUTH AMERICA
Paper presented at the XIVth International
Congress of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Author:
Placidino FAGUNDES
Hamburg 1980
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1.
Argentina
Ed. institutions offering specialized S &~i ed. prog.:
U-leve1: .Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires; Departamento de
Geodes!a y Topograf1a; Escuela de Graduados en Ingenierfa
Geodesica-Geofesica e Ingenier{a Hidrografica
.Universidad Nacional de Rosario~ Rosario; Instituto de
Geodes fa
.Universidad Nacional de Tucwnan, San Miguel de Tucwnan;
Instituto de Geodes{a y Topo~raf{a
T-1eve1: .Bata116n de Ingenieros Geograficos; Buenos Aires; Curso de
Sub-oficia1es Especialistas
Ed-insti tutions offering S & ~1 courses as part of other prog. :
U-level: .Escuela Superior Tecnica del Ejercito
(Geod., Ph.), Buenos Aires
.Universidad de Cordoba (8urv.), Cordoba
.Universidad 11Juan A. }laza" (Geod.), Hendoza
~Universidad Nacional La Plata
(PI), La Plata
T -level:
• Insti tuto Technologico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires; Cur so
de Oceanograf{a y Hidrograf1a.
2.
3.
Bolivia
Ed. institutions offering specialized S & N ed. prog.: n.a.
Ed. institutions offering S & 1\1 courses as part of other prog. :
U-level: .Universidad Boliviana Najor de San Andres, La Paz;
Departamento de Geociencias (Surv.)
Brazil
Education:
128 institutions of higher ed. (incl. 46 universities) Hith
more than 370,000 undergrad. stud. (more than 40,000 in
engineering), stud./prof. ratio: 6:1 (undergrad. level), 3:1
(grad. level) (1969, 1973). !\lore than 1600 technical schools
with a tot. enrollment of more than 542,000 stud. (16% of the
entire ed. enrollment). 1,150~000 stud. of higher ed. (1977)
Nat. Cart. Agency: Diretor{a de Servi~o Geogr~fico, DSG; (Exercito), Rio de
Janeiro; pers.: 6UO
• National mapping is also done by the Inst1 tm:o
Brasileiro de Geograffa .. Rio de Janeiro (pers.: appr.
1,200).
Country's tot. S & l-! manpower: 10,000 (appr.)
Ed. institutions offering. specialized S & 1\l ed. prosz.:
U-level,: .Escola Superior de Agrimensura de f\linas Gerais, Bela
(Prof. Level)
Horizonte
.Institute Nilitar de Engenharia> Rio de Janeiro; Departamento de Geodes(a e Topograf:la, 5 years .. Diplo;na, an.
grad.: 5
.Universidade Federal do Paranf, Curitiba; Departamento de
Fotogrametria e Inventorio Florestal; Curso de PostGradua~ao em Ciencias Geodesicas
.Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Recife; Departemento
de Cartograf{a
• Universidade do Estado do Hio de Janeiro-Departamento de cartografia
-~ti:t~.rto de Pesquisas Espaciais - Curso de Fost-Graduac;ao an
Sensorianento REmoto •
• Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre;
Departamento de Geodes1a
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T-levels:
.Colegio l-1ilitar de Salvador, Salvador (Ta) (Bahia); Program
de Cartograf{a
.CoH!gio Tecnico de Aerofotogra.rnJnetria (Ta), Sao Paulo
• Diretoria de Hidrograf{a e Navega~ao, Rio de Janeiro;
Curso de Hidrograf1a e Navega~ao
.Escola de Agrimensura de Araraguara (Ta), Araraguara
(Hinas Gerais}
.Escola de Instru~[o Especializada (Exercito) (Ta), Rio de
Janeiro; Curso de Forma~ao de Sargentos Topograficos, 10-20
weeks, Diploma; an. grad.: 30; Curso Aperfei~oanento de
Sargentos Topograficos, 20 weeks, Diploma, an. grad.: 20 .
• Instituto AgronAmico de Campinas, Cawpinas (S.P.); Laboratorio de Fotointcrpreta~ao
/
.Liceo de Artes e Oficios, Rio de Janeiro; Curso de Geodes1a
/
y Cartogra£1a.
Ed. institutions offeringS
U-level:
U-levels:
4.
&~1
courses as part of other prog.:
.Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Ju:1Ed ro ;Departamento de Engenharia Civil (Surv.)
.Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro;
Faculdade de Geociencias (Cart., Ph.)
.Universidade do Estado de Sao Paulo, sto Paulo; Faculdade
de Agricultura (Ph); Escola Politecnica (Surv.)
.Universidade do Recife, Recife; Escola de Engenharia (Surv.)
.Universidade Federal de Baia, Baia (Bahia); Escola de
Engenharia (Surv.)
.Universidade Federal de Brasflia, Bras{lia; Departamento de
Engenharia Civil (Surv.)
.Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro;
Escola de Engenharia (Surv.)
.Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre;
Instituto de Pesquisas Hidraulicas (Cart.)
.Academia l>Iilitar da Agulhas Negras (Surv.), Rezendc (R.J.)
.Escola de Engenharia de Sao Carlos (Surv.), Sao Carlos (S.P.)
.Escola de Engenharia "Estrada de Rodagem", Curitiba;
Departamento de Engenharia Civil (Surv.)
.Escola de l>linas e ~letalurg{a (Surv.), Ouro Preto (~I.G.)
Chile
Ed. institutions offering specialized S & N ed. prog.:
U-level : .Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago; Departamento de
Topograf{a
.Universidad Catolica de Chile, Valparaiso; Departamento de
Geodes fa
.Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Sur., Departamento de
Geodes fa
.Universidad Tecnica del Estado, Santiago; Departamento de
Geodes[a
.Universidad Tecnica Frederico Santa :Maria, Valparaiso;
/
Departamento de Topogra£1a
T-levels
none
Ed~ institutions offering S &M courses as part of other prog.:
U-level : .Universidad de Chile, Santiago Sur, Escuela de Ingenierfa
(Surv .)
U-level:
.Academia Politecnica t-Iili tar (Ph), Santiago
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5.
Colombia
Ed. institutions offering specialized S &~~ ed. prog.:
U-level: .Universidad de Bogota "Jorge Taden Lozano", Bogota;
Facultad de Ingenierfa Geogr~fica (Ph., Surv.)
.Universidad Distrital "Francisco Jose de Caldas",. Bogota; Departamento de Ingenierfa Catastral y Geodesfa» 5 years
T-level: .Universidad del Quindfo, Quind{o; Curso de Topograffa. 4-6 semest
.Universidad del Valle, Cali; Curso de Topograffa, 4-6 seoesters
.Universidad Distrital "Francisco Jose de Caldas",. Bogota; Curso
de Topograffa» 4-6 semesters
.Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, Cucuta; Escuela de
Topograffa (Escuela Integrada de Nivel f.ledio)
.Centro Intcramericano de Foto-In~erpretacion» Bogota; Curso para
Operadores de Fotogrametrfa (T~ A?), 3 months; Curso: Fotointerpretacion aplicada a la Ingenierfa Civil (post-grado) 9 months,
20 stud. (30 expected in the future), (1977)
Ed. institutions offering S & l-1 Courses as part of other prog.:
.Universida,d de Bogota "Jorge Tadeo Lozano", Bogota;
Facultad de Ingcnierfa Geogr~fica (Ph., Surv.)
.Universidad Javeriana, Bogot~; Departamento de Ingcnierfa
Civil (Ph)
.Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogot£; Departamento de
Ingenieria Civil y Quimica (Surv.)
.UniYersidad
Pedagogica y, Technolog[a
.
, de Colombia, Tunja;
Departamento de Pedolog1a y Ecolog1a (PI)
T-level
6.
Ecuador
Ed. institutions offering speciahzed S & t-1 ed. prog.: n.a.
Ed. institutions offeringS &M courses as part of other prog.:
~
1>.
n.a.
French Guyana {Department)
Ed. institutions of_ferii1g specia-lized S & r.1 ed. prog.:
T-1eve1: College d'Enseignem2nt technique, Cayenne; Prograrr;r:e
d 1 Etudes professionnelles d'op~rateur-g~om~tre~
12 stud., an. grad.: 1
Ed. institutions offeringS &M courses as part ~f other prog.: n.a.
8.
Guyana
Ed. institutions offering specialized S &Ned. prog.:
T & A-.
"Government Technical Institute, Georgetown; Land
levels·
Surveyors' Course, 3 years; Cartographic Dri:l.\·Jing Course, 1 year
Ed. institutions offering S & t-1 courses as part of other prog.:
U-level: University of Guyana, Turkeyen-Georgetmm; Dept. of
Geography (Cart., Ph)
9.
Paraguay
Ed. institutions offering specialized S & l\f ed. prog.: n.a.
Ed. institutions offeringS &M courses as part of other prog.:
10.
n.a.
Peru
Ed. institutions offering specialized S & l\1 ed. prog.:
U-level : .Universidad
, Nacional, de Ingenieria~ Lima, lnstituto de
Topograf1a y Geodes1a.
435
-Personne~
of the IGM is t-rained at the lAGS Carto~raphic School,
Canal Zone.
Ed. institutions offeringS &M courses as part of other prog.:
U-level:
.Universidad Nacional Frederico Villarreal, Lima; Progr~a
de Ingenicria Civil (Cart., Ph.)
11.
Surinam
Ed. institutions offering specialized S & r-1 ed. prog.: n.a.
Ed. institutions offeringS &H courses as part of other prog.:
12.
n.a.
Uruguay
Ed. institutions offering specialized S &Ned. prog.:
U-level: Universidad de la Rep~blica Oriental del Uruguay, M(:ntevideo;
Facultad de Ingenier{a y Agrimensura (Geod., Ph., Surv.)
Ed. institutions offering S & r-1 courses as part of other prog.:
U-level: Universidad de la Rep~blica Oriental del Uruguay,
Montevideo; Insti tuto de Urbanismo (Cart.)
13.
Venezuela
Ed. in~titutions offerin~ specialized S &Ned. prog.:
U-level: .Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas; Departamento
de Ingcnier[a Gcodesica
.Universidad de Zulia, Maracaibo; Escuela de GeodEsia,
100 stud. (1974}
.Universida ~acional de Los Andes, Merida;Instituto de
·.Fotograroetr~a
T-level
.Escuela de Fotogrametria (Dir. de Cart. Nac.), Caracas
Ed. institutions offering S & N courses as part of other prog. :
U-level
.Universidad de Los Andes, Nericla; Escucla de Arquitcctura (Ph).
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