AbstractMore than 60 participants attended the fourth informal conference of teachers of surveying held in Ridge Hall, University of Birmingham on the 19th and 20th of December, 1967. Ridge Hall is part of the new Vale Site complex of residences, overlooking Edgbaston Park, it is most attractively sited, and provided an excellent venue for the meeting. Participants came from Departments of Surveying, Geography, Civil and Mining Engineering of the U.K. Universities and other institutions of higher education.