ISPRS Honorary Member

Armin Gruen

in 2008
 

Professor Armin Grün has been recognised for his scientific work with the award of the Brock Gold Medal. He is awarded Honorary Membership for his scientific leadership over many years, contributing to the aims of ISPRS and for his work on ISPRS Working Groups, Commissions, Council and Committees over a period of 24 years. Armin served on a number of national and international scientific organisations. His major appointments were President of Commission V during 1988-1992, 2nd Vice President during 1992-1996, Chair of the Financial Committee during 1996-2000, and Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Committee since 2000.

His world-wide reputation earned him a number of very prestigious awards, including the Otto-von-Gruber Award (ISPRS, 1980), the Talbert Abrams Grand Trophy (ASPRS, 1985 and 1996), the Fairchild Award (ASPRS, 1995) and the U.V. Helava Award (ISPRS, 2000). He is an Honorary Member, Japanese Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, a Corresponding Member, German Geodetic Commission (DGK), and an Honorary Professor of Wuhan University and of Yunnan Normal University in Kunming.

ISPRS Honorary Member

John C. Trinder

in 2008
 

Professor John Trinder has played a major role in the scientific and administrative activities of ISPRS over a period of more than 30 years. From as early as 1972, John became involved in ISPRS WG activities through Working Group VI/1 on Education and Research in the Oceania region and subsequently in 1976-1980 as a member of WGI/1. He became President of Commission I - Primary Data Acquisition from 1980-1984, Second Vice President from 1984-1988, Chair of the Financial Commission 1991-1992 and from 1992, he has taken leading roles in the administration of ISPRS as Treasurer, Secretary General, President and finally as First Vice President. He has served ISPRS as Commission President and in various Council positions for a total of 24 years.

During his period as President John Trinder led the revision of the structure of the Technical Commissions and their terms of reference, including introducing an eighth Commission, the first time the number of Commissions had been changed in ISPRS for 52 years. He also registered ISPRS as a not-for-profit corporation in Maryland USA, thus formalizing the legal status of the Society.

John Trinder has won a number of awards including the Grand Trophy of Talbert Abrams Award of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing on two occasions, the James Kirkwood Curdie Prize awarded by the Institution of Surveyors, NSW Division (Australia), “For His Forward Looking Approach to the Future of Our Profession” in 1998 and the Eminent Persons Award from the Spatial Sciences Institute of Australia in 2004.

ISPRS Honorary Member

Li Deren

in 2012
 

Professor Dr. Li Deren, scientist in photogrammetry and remote sensing, holds dual membership in both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is member of the Euro-Asia International Academy of Science, and honorary doctor of ETH Zürich. At present, he is Professor and PhD supervisor of Wuhan University, Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography, Vice-president of Hubei Association for Science and Technology (HAST), Chair of the Academic Committee of Wuhan University and the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS).

In the 1980s, Professor Li Deren was mainly engaged in the studies of observation errors and processing methods in geodesy and photogrammetry. In 1985, he completed theoretical research in the separability of model errors, which advanced the reliability theory to the separability phase. The result of this study received the 1988 Best Paper Award of the German Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and Hansa Luftbild Award. From 1990 up to now Professor Li has concentrated on the research and education in geo-spatial information science and technology represented by remote sensing (RS), global positioning system (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS).

Since 1989 Professor Li Deren has supervised 170 PhD students and 18 postdoctoral candidates. He has published over 709 papers and 11 books. He won one prize of the National Great Invention Award, three prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, one prize of the National Excellent Textbook Award and one prize of the Award of the Excellent Educational Achievements.

Professor Li Deren served as President of ISPRS Technical Commissions III and VI from 1988-1992 and 1992-1996 respectively. He worked for CEOS in 2002-2004 and was the first President of Asia GIS Association (2003-2006). He received the Samuel G. Gamble Award at the ISPRS XXI Congress in 2008 and received an award in appreciation and recognition of the outstanding contribution to the success and achievements of the MOST/ESA Dragon Programme 2004 to 2007. Since 2010 he is ISPRS Fellow.

Li Deren is nominated as an Honorary Member for distinguished service to ISPRS and for his contribution to the science of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information science in China and internationally.

ISPRS Honorary Member

Ian Dowman

in 2012
 

Emeritus Professor Ian Dowman is nominated for Honorary Membership of ISPRS in recognition of his long and distinguished services to ISPRS and its aims. Ian has held many roles and responsibilities within the Society, up to and including the office of President. Ian’s contribution has been not only as an Officer of the Society; he has also made a significant research contribution to diverse ISPRS Commissions and Working Groups throughout his career, which has covered major developments in both photogrammetry and remote sensing and in the synergy between them. He has also participated in many other events in which he had no direct leadership role. Ian’s proactive approach has ensured that the Society has turned many of these changes to its advantage.

Ian has had a very distinguished academic career at University College London (UCL). He gained his formal academic qualifications at UCL, completing a BSc in Geography, and a Diploma and PhD in Photogrammetry. After a short period working as a survey practitioner in Australia, he returned to UCL where he has held many academic positions including Dean of Engineering. From 1991 to 2008 he was Professor of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, a clear mark of the University authorities’ recognition of his ability as a teacher as well as his contribution to the international research community in these fields.

Besides a sustained involvement with ISPRS, Ian has found time to make a significant contribution to organisations in the UK Including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Photogrammetric Society he was President, and he was elected an Honorary Member in 1999. Ian has also been Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Organisation Européenne d'Etudes Photogrammétriques Expérimentales (OEEPE, now EuroSDR, a Regional Member of ISPRS). He has been awarded many honours for his work. Such a distinguished and sustained international contribution in support of the activities and aims of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is presented as being worthy of Honorary Membership of ISPRS.

ISPRS Honorary Member

Orhan Altan

in 2016
 

Orhan Altan is nominated for Honorary Membership of ISPRS in recognition of his long and distinguished service to ISPRS and its aims. Orhan Altan first made his mark on ISPRS as Congress Director in 2004 and has since held many roles and responsibilities within the Society including President from 2008- 2012. The year 2010 was the centennial anniversary of ISPRS and Orhan Altan played a major role in organising the celebration of this event.

Orhan Altan has introduced a number of important initiatives into ISPRS including the establishment of the Student Consortium which laid the basis for attracting more young scientists into the society; he was instrumental in setting up an agree-ment to have the ISPRS proceedings published in a professional way and has thus provided the necessary quality of these proceedings to be included into major in-dexing databases such as the Web of Science and SCOPUS; he has worked with the Joint Board of Geospatial Societies (JBGIS) and the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs to produce booklets on the value of geospatial information for disaster management.

Orhan Altan has represented ISPRS on many international bodies including the International Council for Science (ICSU) and has served on the Executive board of ICSU which has raised the recognition and standing of ISPRS internationally. Orhan Altan’s contribution has been not only as an officer of the Society, he has also made a significant research contribution to ISPRS Commissions and Working Groups throughout his career, which has covered major developments in both pho-togrammetry and remote sensing.

Outside of ISPRS, Orhan Altan has had a distinguished academic career as a pro-fessor of photogrammetry at the Istanbul Technical University and has an exten-sive list of refereed publications and conference papers. Orhan Altan is fluent in English and German, as well as Turkish and this has enabled him to build bridges across Europe and Asia. His contribution to the development and long term sustainability of ISPRS and his distinguished academic achievements combined with his diplomacy and charm, make Orhan Altan a very deserving candidate for election as an ISPRS Honorary Member.