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ISPRS Announces New Award
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London, UK - The "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 first award will be made at the ISPRS Centenary Celebration in Vienna on 4th July 2010. Article 1 of the Regulations states:
The “Karl Kraus Medal” is awarded to authors of excellent textbooks in the fields of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences, written in one of the official languages of the ISPRS, and published no more than eight years prior to the commencement of the quadrennial ISPRS Congress at which it is to be presented. On each occasion a maximum of two prizes can be awarded.
The full regulations can be found at http://www.isprs.org/documents/awards.aspx and more information on ISPRS can be found at http://www.isprs.org/
Nominations from an Ordinary Member of the ISPRS, or by authors themselves, together with three copies of the nominated textbook, should reach the General Secretary of ISPRS not later than 1st January 2010 at:
CHEN JUN
National Geomatics Centre of China
28, Lianhuachixi Road,
Haidian, Beijing 10083
PR CHINA
Tel: +86 10 6388 1906
Fax: +86 10 6388 1905
Email: isprs@nsdi.gov.cn
Email: chenjun_isprs@263.net
About ISPRS
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is a non-governmental organization devoted to the development of international cooperation for the advancement of knowledge, research, development, education and training in the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences. ISPRS also promotes the application of geospatial information to contribute to the well-being of humanity and the sustainability of the environment. The Society operates without any discrimination on grounds of race, religion, nationality, or political philosophy. ISPRS has 186 members representing government, academia and industry in over 90 countries. ISPRS is a member of ICSU, The International Council for Science and of GEO, The Group on Earth Observation, and is an accredited NGO at the United Nations. For further information see www.isprs.org
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