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Eduard Dolezal Award
I am the winner of the Eduard Dolezal Award of year 2000. It is awarded in
course of the ISPRS (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing) Congresses every four year since 1996. The Eduard Dolezal Award is
provided by the Austrian Society for Surveying and Geoinformation (VG) to
representatives of institutions from developing or reform countries who have
presented documentary evidence which demonstrates that they have permanently
implemented a practical application of photogrammetry, remote sensing or
geographic information systems (GIS) in an efficient manner or which documents
their outstanding success in a field that supports photogrammetry, remote
sensing or geographic information systems. The winners of Eduard Dolezal Award
for year 2000 were U. R. Rao of India
and Ivan Katzarsky of Bulgaria
as senior winners and I, Parviz Tarikhi of Iran as junior winner.
Professor U.R. Rao – India
He became Chairman of the Space Commmission and Secretary Department of Space in India
in 1984. During a decade when he also
enjoyed tenure as Chairman of the Indian
Space Research Organization (ISRO) he was responsible for accelerating the developmment of rocket technology within
India
for launching satellites into low Earth, polar and geostationary orbits.
Professor Rao also actively promoted the utilization of the vast benefits from
space technology for development of India. The most significant contribution of Professor Rao is in evolving a highly
innovative integrated management
strategy aimed at the development of
sustainable management at micro level,
to meet the needs of the present as well as the projected needs of the future generation within ecological balance.
Dr Ivan Katzarsky - Bulgaria
He has permanently implemented photogrammetry and remote sensing in many aspects,
including production, research and
management in Bulgaria.
Dr. Katzarsky was responsible for the Pilot Project for an
Information System for Cadastre and Land Registration in Bulgaria,
supported by the PHARE program of the
European Union; the project was completed successfully in 1998. He was also a United Nations Expert in Photogrammetry
at the Survey of India and also on
the FIG Bureau and an ISPRS Council member from 1988-1992.
I, Parviz Tarikhi - Iran
As the Space Science and Technologyy Specialist at the Iranian Remote Sensing Centre (IRSC) in Tehran, Iran, I worked as the Editor-in-Chief of the IRSC
Newsletter since 1992. I have compiled 5
books and 27 articles on remote
sensing, mostly in the Persian language. I have also translated 11 English and French textbooks into the Persian languagee. The most significant reason for
selecting me as the winner of the Eduard Dolezal Prize a great deal was my achievements in
communicating remote sensing technologies and research in this connection in Iran.
Images:
1)
Certificate
of my Eduard Dolezal Award
2)
The
ceremony of presenting the Eduard Dolezal Award 2000 in course of the Second
General Assembly Meeting of ISPRS XIXth Congress on
Tuesday 18th July 2000 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Dr. Karl Kraus
(right), the President of the Austrian Society for Surveying and Geoinformation
(VG) presenting Eduard Dolezal Award 2000 to Dr. Ivan Katzarsky of Bulgaria,
Professor U. R. Rao of India and me the first and only Iranian winner of the
award (from left to right).
Image source:
Proceedings and Results of ISPRS XIXth Congress, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 16-23 July 2000, Volume XXXIII, Part A, pp. 74-75 & 98 &
325
Image courtesy:
ISPRS
Web sources:
1)
The Eduard
Dolezal Prize
2)
ISPRS Highlights, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2001, pp. 53-54 (pdf)
3)
GeoEurope
Magazine, Vol. 9, Issue 8, August 2000
Last updated: 13thFebruary
2007
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