Josef Litschauer
Josef Litschauer (life data unknown) was an Austrian geodesist and worked for the national survey of Austria until around 1975 after the Second World War . He became known in geodetic science circles in the early 1950s for the first publication of an astrogeoid , with which Austria took on a pioneering role in earth measurements .
The Austrian geoid from 1953 was based on the first-order network , the trigonometric points of which had already been largely supplemented by measuring deviations from the perpendicular - and sometimes Laplace azimuths . Litschauer's geoid, finally published in 1953, had an average accuracy of 60 cm (albeit regionally different due to data gaps), which was about 2 to 3 times more accurate than the Helmut Wolf geoid from parts of Central Europe, which was then created . In contrast to this, Litschauer chose the Bessel ellipsoid as the reference system , since its geoid u. a. should serve to increase the accuracy of the state surveying network (reduction due to plumbing deviation ).
In later years Litschauer, who had a technical doctorate and habilitation at the Vienna University of Technology , worked on the Austrian land survey. Due to his openness to new technical and administrative developments, he was one of the most innovative "engines" in the Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying .
Web links
- Josef Litschauer: To calculate the meridian convergence . In: Austrian Journal for Surveying, Issue 3/1955
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Litschauer, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian geodesic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |