Preamble
In 1988 the ″Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fotogrammetrie″ instituted the Schermerhorn Award in memory
of Prof. Dr. Ir. Willem Schermerhorn for the promotion of international activities in various areas of specialization
of photogrammetry and remote sensing.
Rules governing the award
Article 1.
The scientific, technical and professional achievements of ISPRS depend to a very large extent on the results presented
by working groups at symposia and congresses. Activities of working groups are the corner-stone of the functioning of
ISPRS. The Schermerhorn Award will recognize contributions on the working group level.
Article 2.
The Schermerhorn Award is granted to a member of a working group (or to more than one person, if the
Jury is unable to select a single winner from the suitable candidates) who, through his/her/(their)
commitment, has (have) achieved extremely worthwhile and successful scientific meeting(s) of a very
high level, gaining sufficient interest (participation by several countries) and good reporting
throughout the four year period up to an ISPRS Congress.
Article 3.
Normally, the award shall be presented to the winner(s) at each quadrennial Congress of ISPRS.
Article 4.
The Jury of five individuals is composed of the President of ISPRS (Chairman), the President of Netherlands
Federation of Earth Observation and Geo-Informatics, the Rector of ITC and a professor in the field of
Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and GIS of Wageningen Agricultural University and of Delft Technical University.
Article 5.
Nominations for the Award shall reach the President of ISPRS not later than four months prior to the
Congress at which it will be presented. The Jury may itself nominate candidates. Candidates may not be nominated by themselves.
Article 6.
The Jury may decide not to present any award. Decisions are made by simple majority vote. In case of a tie,
the meaning of the chairman is the decision. The decision of the Jury is final.
The winners of the award
- 1988 G.Guyot, France
- 1992 Ian Dowman, United Kingdom
- 1996 D.M.McKeown, USA
- 2000 T.Woldai, The Netherlands
- 2004 Marguerite Madden, USA
- 2008 Sisi Zlatanova, Netherlands