By Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi

The book review for ISPRS Highlights has progressed in 2009. We have made several positive contacts with publishers in order to receive relevant books for reviews. Our reviewers are also very collaborative in this regard.

The titles received were research-orientated titles which were reviewed by people who are in the related field with a creditable background. Textbooks, however, were only sent to university faculties who were experienced and actively involved in teaching undergraduate courses. It is the book review editor's intention to continue this selection policy. It is also the book review editor's general guideline that only one title is to be supplied to one reviewer so that our book review can represent wider opinions of the ISPRS community.

The following figures illustrate the actions related to the book review during the year 2009
Books received from publishers: 3
Books sent out for review: 3
Book reviews received and published: 1