Wolf Günther Koch

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Professor Wolf Günther Koch in 2012

Wolf Günther Koch (born January 15, 1943 in Hirschfeld ) is a German cartographer .

Life

After graduating from high school in Auerbach, Vogtland, Wolf Günther Koch learned the profession of surveyor from 1961 at VEB Topographischer Dienst Dresden and worked as an assistant topographer for the topographical survey in the Saxon Ore Mountains . From 1963 to 1969 he studied cartography at the Technical University of Dresden , where he then worked as an assistant and from 1977 as a senior assistant. In 1975 he received his PhD A with a dissertation on the subject of "Investigations into the use of automatic typing and light setting machines for two-dimensional representations in thematic cartography ". In 1980 he was given the Facultas Docendi for card editing. In 1980 and 1985 he went to Poland (Universities in Warsaw and Wroclaw ) to study, in particular environmental cartography . In 1989 the " PhD B " followed with a thesis on experimental cartography for Dr. sc. tech. for cartography , which in 1991 in Dr.-Ing. habil. was converted for cartography .

From 1990 to 2008 Wolf Günther Koch was the head of the cartography course and in 1992 became professor for theoretical cartography and map design at the Institute for Cartography of the Faculty of Forest, Geo and Hydro Sciences at the Technical University of Dresden, where he was director from 1992 to 1994 and from 2000 to 2000 2003 was. From 2005 to 2006 he was dean of studies for geodesy , cartography and astronomy . The focus of his scientific work lies in the field of theoretical cartography, map design and the history of cartography, as his numerous publications show. When he reached the age limit, Wolf Günther Koch retired in 2008 , but continues to work at the Technical University of Dresden.

Wolf Günter Koch is married and has a son and a daughter.

Publications

The bibliography of Wolf Günther Koch includes more than 200 scientific works, of which about 100 articles, books (mostly as publisher ) and maps . Only the most important works are mentioned here.

Books, encyclopedias

  • Cartographic building blocks KB 19. Theory 2000. Lectures of the cartographic symposium on November 17-18, 2000 at the TU Dresden ; Institute for Cartography, Cartographic-Technical Facility, Dresden 2001 (editor)
  • Lexicon of cartography and geomatics . Two volumes also available online; Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001/2002 (co-editor, together with Jürgen Bollmann)
  • Cartographic building blocks KB 26. Theory 2003. Lectures of the 8th Dresden Summer School for Cartography on September 25th / 26th, 2003 at the TU Dresden . With CD-ROM; Institute for Cartography, Cartographic-Technical Facility, Dresden 2004 (editor)
  • Contributions to scientific cartography. Contributions to scientific cartography ; TUDpress Verlag der Wissenschaften, Dresden 2007

items

  • Experimental investigations of the amounts of deception in circular map signs . In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 130 (1986); Pages 269-279
  • Experimental studies on simultaneous contrast in thematic maps . In: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der TU Dresden, 36 (1987) 5, pages 89-95
  • On the essence of the terms sign, signature and symbol in cartography . In: Kartographische Nachrichten 48 (1998) 3; Pages 89-96
  • Map design variables - development lines and their addition in the multimedia environment . In: PER ASPERA AD ASTRA. Festschrift for Fritz Kelnhofer; 2000. Pages 72-82
  • Theory and Method in Cartography Today. In: Cartographic building blocks KB 26. Theory 2003. Lectures of the 8th Dresden Summer School for Cartography on September 25th / 26th, 2003 at the TU Dresden . With CD-ROM; Institute for Cartography, Cartographic-Technical Facility, Dresden 2004; Pages 4-19
  • Hypsometric layers as non-real 3D representation and their semiotic interpretation . In: Numeryczne modele terenu w kartografii ; Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wrocław 2010; Pages 22-32

Honors

See also

literature

  • Manfred Buchroithner: Wolf Günther Koch 60 years . In: Kartographische Nachrichten 53 (1963) 4, pages 177-179
  • Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Aschenberner, Holger Scharlach: DGfK General Assembly on September 21, 2005 in Rostock . In: Kartographische Nachrichten 6/2005
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Wolf Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Hirschfeld