| Year |
Degree |
1962
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Abitur (Matura, final high school examination) Tellkampfschule, Hannover (Germany) |
| 1967 |
Diplomingenieur in geodetic sciences, University of Hannover |
| 1971 |
Assessor in surveying for governmental administration in the State of Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 1976 |
PhD (Doctor in engineering), University of Hannover |
| 1979 |
Venia legendi (Habilitation) for lecturing “Digital Image Processing in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing” University of Hannover
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| Year |
Activity |
1969/70
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Field work in Algeria (HANSA LUFTBILD, Air Survey Company) |
| 1969 - 1971 |
Referendariat, employed by the German Surveying Administration in the State of Lower Saxony |
| 1971 - 1981 |
Research Scientist and Lecturer (Akademischer Rat) at the University of Hannover, Institute of Photogrammetry and Engineering Survey (Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing Dr. mult. Gottfried Konecny) |
| 1981- 1983 |
Employed by the "German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)"; University projects in Curitiba (UFPR) and Recife (UFPE), Brazil (development of a PhD course in Geodesy) |
| 1983 - 2008 |
Head, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany |
| 1987 - 1989 |
Dean of the Faculty for Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1994 - 2002 |
President of the German Geodetic Commission (DGK) at the Bavarian Academy of Science |
| 2001 - 2003 |
Head, Institute of Regional Science, University of Karlsruhe (temporary) |
| 2008 |
retired |
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- Advanced courses in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Digital Image Processing
- Basic Courses in Surveying, Topograpy, Cartography and Geo Information Systems
- Courses in German, English, Portuguese, Spanish and French
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Research (see publication list)
Digital Image Processing in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Cartography for environmental and industrial use, in particular:
- Object recognition and Image Understanding
- Quality of classification procedures
- Earth watch airborne and spaceborne
- Information systems in disaster scenarios
- Data fusion including verbal information
- Common structures in visual and verbal interpretation
Principal Supervisor of more than 30 PhD theses in the listed fields in Germany and more abroad (Brazil, Turkey, Hungary, Belgium, France)
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- International teaching and co-operation in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Cartography and GIS (Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Hungary, Turkey, Romania, France, Austria)
- Consultancy in Remote Sensing, Environmental Monitoring, Cadastre and Geo-Information Systems (SADCC States, Brazil, Argentina)
- Elected consultant to the German Research Foundation (DFG) 1987 – 1997
- Full member of the Senat´s Commission on Geosciences, German Science Foundation 1996 -2005
- Full membership of German Geodetic Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Science (Deutsche Geodätische Kommission, DGK) since 1984; President 1994 - 2002
- Editor-in-chief of "Zeitschrift für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung" (Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) from 1989 to 1996
- Member of Karlsruhe University Board of Administration from 1992 to 2001
- Board of the Research Institute for Optronics and Pattern Recognition (FOM), Ettlingen/Germany 1984 - 2008
- Member of European Science Commission (ESF) Steering Committee on GISDATA, German delegate from 1993 to 1997
- Member, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Earth Observation Board at the German Space Agency (DLR) 1998 - 2005
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| Year |
Award |
1972
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Travelling fellowship (USA) for assessor examination |
| 1980 |
Hansa-Luftbild-Prize for best annual publication in Journal Bildmessung und Luftbildwesen |
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Honorary member of the Society of Photogrammetry and Related Sciences of Argentina
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Honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| 2001 |
Doctor honoris causa, University for Civil Engineering, Bucuresti, Romania |
| 2005 |
Ordem da Sociedade Brasileira de Cartografia (rank: comendador) |
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