THE SCHWIDEFSKY MEDAL

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung (DGPF) decided in 1986 to present an award in memory of Prof. Dr. rer. techn. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Kurt Schwidefsky, honorary member of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), which is called the (Schwidefsky Medal).

The winners of the award

• 1988 K.Rinner, Austria

  G.C.Tewinkel, USA

• 1992 K.Atkinson, United Kingdom

  W.Hofmann, Germany

• 1996 J.B.Case, USA

  A.P.Cracknell, United Kingdom

• 2000 Guy Ducher, France

  L.R.A. Narayan, India

• 2004 Emmanuel Baltsavias, Switzerland

  Zhilin Li, Hong Kong

• 2008 Gerhard Kemper, Germany

  Klaus Szangolies, Germany

Rules governing the award

Article 1
Normally, the medal shall be awarded at each Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Article 2
At any Congress the medal may be awarded to no more than two candidates (at the most).

Article 3
The medal, manufactured in porcelain, will be presented to the recipient together with a certificate issued by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung.

Article 4
Recipients shall be persons who have made significant contributions to photogrammetry and remote sensing, either through the medium of publication as author or editor, or in another form.

Article 5
The Award is decided on by a selection committee consisting of the President of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung, the President of ISPRS and the Secretary General of ISPRS.

Article 6
The medal will be awarded in the course of a General Assembly of the Congress.

Bonn, November 1986