Recently, satellite remote sensing data have been felt to be familiar. But in the construction field, a utilization of remote sensing data is not a step of the practical application but the study yet. Accordingly, "Working group of the Civil Engineering Remote Sensing" has been established in the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, May 1989, for the purpose of widely applying remote sensing data in the construction field.
This paper discribes an approach to a practical application of remote sensing data in the construction field by introducing a policy and course of "Working group meeting of the Civil engineering Remote Sensing". We have divided the operation of this working group into three routes and are studying them vigorously. Three routes are as follows :
(1) Exercise of an image processing with a personal computer : For studying remote sensing and unifying a level of abilities among members, each member is exercising an image processing with a standard personal computer system, it is a system that is developed by remote sensing laboratory of Science University of Tokyo.
(2) Collecting of literature : Members collect literature and data in connection with remote sensing, and arrange past applications of remote sensing to the construction field.
(3) Image processing with a general purpose computer : For the porpose of the advancement of member's knowledge in connection with remote sensing, a specialist processes and analyzes remote sensing data with a general purpose computer and introduces the mothod of processing and their results.