Acknowledgements
We as the authors say thank you to our colleagues and friends who have contributed
their expertise, knowledge, and skills to this book and who have helped us to get it
completed. We also thank our spouses, Almut and Bahram Khoee for being
patient with uso
Astrid Balada, DIN, Berlin, Germany
Morten Borrebrek, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Oslo, Norway
Sybille Brozio, FH Neubrandenburg, Germany
Steve Carson, GSC Associates, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Antony Cooper, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
Wyn Cudlip, Qinetiq, United Kingdom
David Danko, ESRI, Vienna, Virginia, USA
Ulrich Düren, Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bonn, Germany
Jürgen Ebbinghaus, AED-SICAD, München, Germany
Ernst Heil, FH Neubrandenburg, Germany
John Herring, Oracle, Reston, Virginia, USA
Yves Hudon, Gouvernement du Quebec, Canada
Hiroshi Imai, University ofTokyo, Japan
Helen Kerfoot, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa
Roger King, Mississippi State University, USA
Elfriede Knickmeyer, FH Neubrandenburg, Germany
Hans Knoop, DIN, Berlin, Germany
Andy K wan, Industry Canada, Ottawa
Hans-Jürgen Larisch, FH Neubrandenburg, Germany
William McGrum, Industry Canada, Ottawa
David McKellar, Department ofNational Defence, Ottawa, Canada
Martin Nitschke, FH Neubrandenburg, Germany
Douglas O'Brien, mON, Ottawa, Canada
0laf0stensen, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Oslo, Norway
Bettina Petzold, FIG, Stadt Wuppertal, Germany
Clemens Porteie, Interactive Instruments, Bonn, Germany
Erhard Pross, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Leipzig, Germany
Dora-Ines Rey, Institut Agostin Codazzi, Bogoti, Colombia
Charles Roswell, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Reston, Virginia, USA
John Rowley, Geobase, Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom
Bj0rnhild Sretemy, Norwegian Technology Centre, Oslo, Norway
Paul Smits, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
Roger Stacey, Ottawa, Canada
Marguerite Trindade, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa
Herman Varma, Halifax, Canada