ISPRS Council Meeting and Joint Meeting with TCPs and the Meeting of International Advisory Board for ISPRS 2008 Beijing took place on August 20-24, 2007 in Beijing. Prof. Chen Jun, ISPRS Congress Director, reported to the meeting on the preparations for ISPRS 2008 Beijing and showed on the spot the arrangements of the Congress venue - Beijing International Convention Center to ISPRS Council members, Technical Commission Presidents and the members of the International Advisory Board for the Congress. Detailed discussions were held and comments and suggestions were made regarding various issues related to the Congress preparations. Mr. Lu Xinshe, Chairman of the National Steering Committee for ISPRS 2008 Beijing, Vice Minister of Ministry of Land and Resources and Director General of State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China, met the guests during the meeting.