Karl Kraus Medal Winner

The winner of the Karl Kraus award for 2010 is ‘Close Range Photogrammetry: Principles, Techniques and Applications' by Professor Thomas Luhmann, (Institute of Applied Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, University for Applied Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany), Professor Stuart Robson, (University College London), Dr. Stephen Kyle, (Consultant; Hon. Research Fellow, University College London), and Professor Ian Harley, (Emeritus Professor, University College London). Published by Whittles Publishing, Dunbeath, Scotland.

The ISPRS  Karl Kraus Medal is a prize to honour the authorship of excellent textbooks in the scientific fields of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences. The prize is dedicated to the memory of Professor Karl Kraus, a passionate teacher and author of a number of textbooks.

The award will be presented at the ISPRS Centenary Celebration in Vienna on 4th July 2010. The chairman of the jury reported that ".... the seven nominated and reviewed books - with an impressive overall volume of some 4500 pages - were all of very high quality and made the decision of the Jury no simple task."