Günter Hake
Günter Hake (born May 27, 1922 in Hanover ; died April 29, 2000 ) was a German cartographer and university professor.
Life
Hake studied from 1945 to 1949 at the Technical University of Hanover , after which he received his doctorate in 1954 as Dr.-Ing. and worked for the Lower Saxony surveying and cadastral administration , where he eventually headed the photogrammetry and remeasurement departments. In 1962 he wrote the textbook "Cartography". As the content was updated in the following decades, the book became a standard work for an introduction to cartography.
In 1967, Hakes was appointed professor of topography and cartography at the TH Hannover, succeeding Viktor Heissler . He initiated numerous research projects in his field and established cartographic teaching in the related subjects of surveying and geography . For example, work on automation in generalization and aerial map modeling were considered to be groundbreaking. Furthermore, Hake was also involved in the internal committees of the TH Hannover, as well as in numerous scientific associations. He was a member of the German Geodetic Commission , the Braunschweig Scientific Society , the Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning , the German Association for Surveying (DVV), the German Society for Cartography (DGfK), the German Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (DGPF) and the Geographical Society of Hanover .
His chair in Hanover was converted into the Institute for Cartography in 1982; Hake headed the IfK until 1984, the year he retired. After the unexpected death of his successor Werner Lichtner, Hake took over provisional management of the institute in Hanover from 1989 to 1991. In the following years he also devoted himself to the revision of his textbook, the 7th edition in 1994 and the 8th edition in 2002. Co-authors were his successor at the IfK (1991–1999), Dietmar Grünreich and the Munich professor Liqiu Meng .
In the fall of 1998, Hake fell seriously ill and died in the spring of 2000.
Honors
- Honorary doctorate from the Ruhr University Bochum (1987)
- Mercator Medal of the DGfK (1991)
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Hake , entry in the Lexicon of Cartography and Geomatics (2001)
- ^ Short biography of Hakes in connection with the award
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hake, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cartographer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 2000 |