ISPRS wakhala membala kuyambira 2002.
International Society for Photogrammetry (ISP) idakhazikitsidwa mu 1910 motsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti wawo woyamba, Edouard Dolezal, waku Austria. Pambuyo pa zaka 70 ikugwira ntchito pansi pa dzina lake loyambirira, Sosaite inasintha dzina lake mu 1980 kukhala International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) ndipo mu 2000 inawonjezera sayansi yazidziwitso za malo kumalo ake okondweretsa. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ndi sayansi, ukadaulo ndi luso lopeza zidziwitso zodalirika kuchokera kumalingaliro osalumikizana ndi ena ndi machitidwe ena ozindikira za Dziko Lapansi ndi chilengedwe chake, ndi zinthu zina zowoneka ndi machitidwe kudzera mu kujambula, kuyeza, kusanthula ndi kuyimira.
ISPRS ndi bungwe lomwe si laboma lomwe limadzipereka pakupanga mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi pakupititsa patsogolo zithunzi ndi kuzindikira kwakutali, ndikugwiritsa ntchito kwawo. Zochita zazikulu za Sosaite ndi izi: kulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa mabungwe adziko kapena zigawo ndikulimbikitsa kusinthanitsa pakati pawo; kuyambitsa ndi kugwirizanitsa kafukufuku kudzera mumagulu ogwira ntchito pafupifupi 60 a makomiti asanu ndi atatu aukadaulo; kuyitanitsa ma symposia ndi ma congress a mayiko pafupipafupi; kulimbikitsa kufalitsa ndi kusinthana kwa mapepala a sayansi ndi magazini okhudza kujambula zithunzi, sayansi yowona zakutali ndi chidziwitso cha malo, masomphenya a makina ndi masomphenya a makompyuta; kuwonetsetsa kufalitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi kwa zolembedwa zokambitsirana ndi zotsatira za kafukufuku wofalitsidwa ndi International Annals of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ndi International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; ndi kulimbikitsa mgwirizano ndi mgwirizano ndi mabungwe okhudzana ndi sayansi padziko lonse lapansi.
Bungwe la ISPRS limapangidwa ndi Mamembala Wamba omwe akuimira mayiko 91, Mamembala Othandizana nawo 11, Mamembala 14 achigawo omwe akuimira Mabungwe a makontinenti akuluakulu 7, ndi Mamembala 79 Okhazikika omwe amapereka chithandizo kumabungwe. ISPRS imathandizira magazini awiri omwe amawunikiridwa ndi anzawo, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ndi ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, yomwe imapangidwa kawiri pamwezi pamwezi, ndipo imapereka mphotho ndi ulemu kwa anthu ochita bwino pantchitoyi. Zilankhulo zovomerezeka za ISPRS ndi Chingerezi, Chifalansa ndi Chijeremani.