Karl Kraus (geodesist)

Karl Kraus (born April 23, 1939 ; † April 5, 2006 in Berlin ) was a German-Austrian geodesist , university professor and long-term head of the institute for photogrammetry at the Vienna University of Technology .

Live and act

Kraus studied geodesy at the Technical University of Munich and later worked as a lecturer at the University of Stuttgart . From there he received a call to the Vienna University of Technology in the 1970s as the successor to Karl Neumaier . Here he initiated a number of new research projects - u. a. on the subject of digital terrain models , for program systems for block adjustment , geoinformatics and accident photogrammetry .

Kraus wrote multi-volume textbooks for photogrammetry and remote sensing and was a popular university professor , at whose institute there was an almost familiar working atmosphere. He encouraged many of his graduate students to write a dissertation and accordingly began various collaborations with civil engineering and business.

From 1987 to 1989 Kraus was the rector of the TU Vienna. He died suddenly of heart failure at a conference in Berlin in April 2006. He left a wife and grown children.

Fonts (selection)

• Photogrammetry. Geometry from images and laser scans. Translated by Ian Harley and Stephen Kyle. 2nd Edition. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York (NY) 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019007-6 .
• Photogrammetry (Volume 2). Advanced Methods and Applications. With contributions by Josef Jansa and Helmut Kager. Translated by Peter Stewardson. 4th edition. Dümmler, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-427-78694-3 .
• Photogrammetry. German edition in 3 volumes.
  • Volume 1: Geometric information from photographs and laser scanner recordings. 7th, fully edit. and exp. Edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-017708-0 .
  • Volume 2: Refined Methods and Applications. With contributions by Josef Jansa and Helmut Kager. 3rd, completely new and advanced Edition. Dümmler, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-427-78653-6 .
  • Volume 3: Topographic Information Systems. Dümmler, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-427-78751-6 .
• Remote sensing. German edition in two volumes.
  • Volume 1: Physical basics and recording techniques. By Karl Kraus and Werner Schneider. Dümmler, Bonn 1988. ISBN 3-427-78661-7
  • Volume 2: Evaluation of photographic and digital images. With contributions by Josef Jansa and Werner Schneider. Dümmler, Bonn 1988. ISBN 3-427-78671-4

honors and awards

• 1990: Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Budapest
• 1990: Wilhelm Exner Medal
• Karl Kraus Young Talent Award 2008 for photogrammetry, remote sensing and geoinformation. Joint prize of the DGPF, OVG and SGPBF.
• The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing has awarded the Karl Kraus Medal every four years since 2010 to the authors of excellent textbooks in the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information science.
• In 2016 the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the Kraus Glacier on West Antarctic Anvers Island after him.

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Kraus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Karl Kraus in the database of the Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation .
• Obituary by Harald Schuh (PDF; 378 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary by Harald Schuh ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 387 kB) 
2. ^ Karl Kraus Young Talent Award 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ The Karl Kraus Medal (December 16, 2016)
4. ↑ UK Antarctic Place-names Committee: Latest additions to the BAT gazetteer ( December 16, 2016 ) ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.