Manfred Ferdinand Buchroithner (born 17 December 1950 in

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) is an Austrian

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, developer of autostereoscopic cartographic visualisations,

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er and

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Biography

After finishing

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( Ramsauergymnasium) in Linz an der Donau, Austria, in 1969, he did his

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before studying geology and

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as well as

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and

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at the

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, Austria. In 1976 and 1977 he underwent professional training to become a certified

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. The same year he received his

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and became

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there. In 1979 and 1980 he carried out postdoctoral studies in

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and cartography at the

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in the

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. In 1975 he took part in a scientific expedition of several months to the

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in 1975 which molded his future career. In 1980 he took a position at the Cartographic Institute of the

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, Austria, under Erik Arnberger. In 1983 he went as a

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(

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and

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(

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) as well as to the

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(

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). In 1984 he accomplished his habilitation in General Geology and Remote Sensing at the University of Graz. 1984 to 1992 he was employee at, and as from 1985, Head of the Institute of Digital Image Processing and Computer Graphics at Joanneum Research in Graz and taught at the

, at the Graz University of Technology and at the

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. From 1992 to 2016 he was holding the position of Full Professor of Cartography at the

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(Director of Institute for Cartography 1994–1997 and from 2003 until his retirement in 2016). Manfred Buchroithner is married and has a son and a daughter.

Visiting professorships

In 1989 he was invited visiting professor at the

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, in 2000/01 and 2002/03 at the

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, Austria, in 2002 at the Center for Energy and Processes (CEP) of the École National Supérieur des Mines de Paris (ENSMP) in

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, France, in 2015 at the Institute of Information Technology (IIT) of

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, and in 2015/16 at the

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, Italy. Högskolan i Gävle (Sweden) WT 2016/17, He followed several invitations to the

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, India.

Research focus

Major research fields of Buchroithner are true-3D visualization of

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, high-mountain cartography (especially multitemporal 3D glacier mapping using spaceborne remote sensing and AI methods), and remote sensing cartography; furthermore dynamic cartography with remote sensing,

geographic information system A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and Geographic information system software, software that store, manage, Spatial analysis, analyze, edit, output, and Cartographic design, visualize Geographic data ...

environmental monitoring Environmental monitoring is the processes and activities that are done to characterize and describe the state of the environment. It is used in the preparation of environmental impact assessments, and in many circumstances in which human activit ...

, multimedia in cartography, as well as epistomology of cartography. In 2006 he initiated the first European (civilian) real-time transmission of true-3D geodata for stereoscopic vision. One of the most spectacular applications of his developments is the linking of a detailed 3D-model and visualization of the mighty

Dachstein Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Par ...

Southface with climbers' mobile phone GPS data for the support of mountain rescue actions at poor or no visibility.Die Akademische Sektion Graz — 125 Jahre im Alpenverein; Festschrift; Akademische Sektion Graz des ÖAV, Graz 2017, S. 135–137 He initiated and led several scientific expeditions to high-alpine areas all over the world. In 1997/98 he produced the first holographic relief map worldwide (with motion-animated labeling) and displayed it at the 1999 International Cartographic Conference (ICC) in Ottawa. His developments in true-3D cartography by means of lenticular foil technology in the late 1990s led to two international patents.

Committee work

In 1992 Manfred Buchroithner has been appointed as scientific advisor of the Tibetan

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

National Park Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (QNNP). From 1993 to 1997 he was Vice President of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), where he also chaired a SIG on landslides and mudflows, and from 1999 to 2001 of EURO-STRIM (Association for the Establishment of a European Master and Doctorate in Space Technologies for Risk Management). 2002–2017 Buchroithner is Vice President of the German Cartographic Society (DGfK) International and 2003–2017 German National Delegate to the

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(ICA). In 2011, in his capacity as Chairman of the German Society for the Support of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Buchroithner initiated the Wissenschaftspreis der Deutschen Geodätischen Kommission (DGK-Preis, Science Award of the German Geodetic Commission) for highly qualified postdoctoral researchers. Buchroithner was instrumental in founding three Commissions of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), the Commission on Mountain Cartography (1995), the Commission on Planetary Cartography (1995) and the Commission on Cartography in Early Warning and Crisis Management (2003).

Achievements in mountaineering

Apart from initiating and leading numerous scientific high-mountain expeditions into the ranges of High Asia and the

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, Buchroithner was also successful as a mountaineer. He made first ascents of Koh-e Asp-e Safed (6101 m, Afghan Pamir, 1975, solo) and Tenzin Gyatso Peak (5984 m, Tibetan Himalaya, south of Karo La, later in Chinese maps indicated as Jitan Zhoma, 6004m, 1992, together with Hans-Dieter Sauer and Bernhard Jüptner). Buchroithner took part at the second ascent of Koh-e Bardar (6078 m, Afghan Pamir, via the challenging North Ridge, with Gernot Patzelt, Heinz Badura and Martin Posch, in 1975, three days after the first ascent by a Polish expedition via the comparatively easy south face). In 1978 he and Rudi Brandstetter opened a new direct route through the East Face of Nevado Rasac (6017 m, Cordillera Huayhuash,

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vian Andes). In 2005 he opened, together with Martin Rihs and Reinhold Lazar, a new route onto mount Llullaillaco () from southwest. He climbed, most times

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, several 6000 m and numerous 5000 m peaks in the Andes and in the ranges of High Asia. As a rock climber he opened several new routes in the climbing sites of the Austrian Alps, both south west of Vienna and in the Grazer Bergland. He also soloed numerous rock and mixed routes in the entire Alps,

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, the

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, the Andes, the HKH Ranges, on

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and in New Zealand. Buchroithner is member of the Österreichischer Alpenklub, a selective Austrian mountaineering club.

Main Publications

Source: Manfred Buchroithner has (co-)authored about 760 scientific publications, which have been cited about 6300 times. His

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is 36 (status 2022).

Books

* ''Remote Sensing. Towards Operational Application''; Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria 1987 (coeditor with Robert Kostka, coauthor) * ''Die Herstellung der österreichischen Satellitenbildkarten 1:100000 und 1:200000''; Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1987 * ''Fernerkundungskartographie mit Satellitenbilddaten''. Band IV/2 der Enzyklopädie der Kartographie und ihrer Randgebiete; Deuticke, Vienna 1989 * ''Europe. From Sealevel to Alpine Peaks, from Iceland to the Urals''; Joanneum Research, Graz 1991 (editor, coautor) * ''Applications of Imaging Radar for Hydro-Geological Disaster Management. A Review''; Harwood Academic Publ., Amsterdam / Chur 1995 (with Klaus Granica) * ''High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography ''; Institute for Cartography, Dresden, Germany 1996 (editor, coautor) * ''High Mountain Cartography''; Kartographische Bausteine 18; Institute for Cartography, TU Dresden, Dresden 2000 (editor, coautor) * ''Remote Sensing for Environmental Data in Albania. A Strategy for Integrated Management''; Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands 2000 (editor) *''Karten und Gletscher''; Institut für Kartographie, Dresden 2000 (editor with Wolf Günther Koch and Werner Stams, coautor) * ''A Decade of Trans-European Remote Sensing Cooperation''; Balkema, Lisse, Netherlands 2001 (editor, coauthor) * ''True-3D in Cartography. Autostereoscopic and Solid Visualisation of Geodata''. Springer Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography; Springer, Heidelberg 2012 (editor, coauthor) * ''Terrigenous Mass Movements. Detection, Modelling, Early Warning and Mitigation Using Geoinformation Technology''; Springer, Heidelberg 2012 (coeditor with Biswajeet Pradhan, coauthor) *''Cartography from Pole to Pole''; Springer Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography; Springer, Heidelberg 2013 (editor with Dirk Burghardt and Nikolas Prechtel, coautor) *''Paradigms in Cartography − An Epistemological Review of the 20th and 21st Centuries''; Springer, Heidelberg 2014 (coautor with Pablo Iván Azócar Fernández) * * *

Films

* ''Geowissenschaftliche Anwendung von Satellitenbilddaten''; 1982 (with Lothar Beckel) * ''Radar Stereo Mapping from Space''; 1988 (with Hannes Raggam and Gerhard Triebnig) * ''Das Loch im Stein''; 1999 (with Dieter Berger; English: ''Hole in the Stone'', 2000) * ''Routensucher in der Atacama''; 2005 (with Dieter Berger) * ''Zwischen Gobi und Himalaja. Über das kartographische Werk von Sven Hedin; 2006'' (with Antje Oppitz and Dieter Berger) * ''Einsatz in der Südwand. Die neue Dimension der Bergrettung''; 2011 (with Thomas Hillebrandt)

Maps

Due to his expertise both in mountaineering and cartography Buchroithner contributed to a number of

Alpine Club map Alpine Club maps (, often abbreviated to ''AV-Karten'' i.e. AV maps) are especially detailed maps for summer and winter mountain climbers, hikers, and ski tourers. They are predominantly published at a scale of 1:25.000, although some sheets have ...

s that are published jointly by the Austrian and the

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resp. was assigned responsibility for content and/or production. Equally he contributed to maps of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für vergleichende Hochgebirgsforschung. Examples include:

Alpine Club Maps

* AV-Kartenblatt 0/6: Pamir-e Wakhan,

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(1975) * AV-Kartenblatt Nr. 0/13:

Nevado Ojos del Salado Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile. The upper reaches of Ojos del Salado consist of several overlapping lava domes ...

(2004) * AV-Kartenblatt 0/14: ,

Tien Shan The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia. The highest peak is Jengish Chokusu at high and located in Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

(2008)Robert Kostka: Die Kartographie im Alpenverein: an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert; Weishaupt, Gnas 2014; p. 140 * AV-Kartenblatt 0/15:

Khan Tengri Khan Tengri is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia. It is on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk-Kul, Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan. Its geologic elevation is , but its glacial icecap rises to ...

(2008) * AV-Kartenblatt Nr. 51: ''Brentagruppe'' ( Brenta group, 2011)

ARGE Maps

* Ecuador 1: Orthophotokarte Nevado Chimborazo (1997, ) * Karte Brentagruppe 1:15.000 – Sonderausgabe anlässlich 100 Jahre Alpenvereinskarte mit Gletscherständen der Erstausgabe (2010, ) * Nepal-Kartenwerk 2: Khumbu Himal (2013, ) * Nepal-Kartenwerk 5: Shorong / Hinku (2013, ) * Nepal-Kartenwerk 11:Kailash, Gurla Mandhata (2014, ) * Ecuador 2: Orthophotokarte Cotopaxi (2015, ) * Kilimanjaro. Physiographic Map with Landuse and Vegetation. Scale 1:100,000. (2017, )

Patents

* 2004: Topographic map (facilitating the three-dimensional perception; with Thomas Gründemann and Klaus Habermann); DE 10 2004 060 069; international 2006: WO 2006/061014 * 2004: Topographic map that can be visually perceived in a three-dimensional manner (with Thomas Gründemann and Klaus Habermann); DE 10 2004 060 070; international 2006: WO 2006/061015; United States 2009: US 2009/0104588 * 2013: Method and assembly for locating and rescuing people (with Guido Ehlert, Bernd Hetze, Horst Kohlschmidt, Nikolas Prechtel); EP 13158991.3-1812

Accomplishments

(Selection) *1970–1975: Two times Outstanding Students Stipend by the

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* 1979: Austrian Theodor Körner Prize for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences * 1982: Jungwissenschaftlerpreis (junior scientists' award) of the State of

* since 1992: Full Member of the Deutsche Geodätische Kommission (German Geodetic Commission, DGK) of the

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. * 1994: Honorary conferment of the title Europa Ingenieur through FEANI Brussels * ICA Map Awards: four times (2 × 1999, 2001, 2003) first place (Best Map Award "Excellence in Cartography"); one time second place (2013) * 2004: Best Poster Award at the 20th ISPRS Congress in

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* since 2004: Full Member; since 2009 member of the Board of Scientific Advisors and since 2013 Executive Member (Vice Chairman) of Arbeitsgemeinschaft für vergleichende Hochgebirgsforschung e. V. (Association for Comparative High Mountain Research) * 2006: HMRSC Award of the HMRSC Group of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) * 2006: Award of Appreciation of the FIG / Arab Ligue of Surveyors * 2010: Friedrich Hopfner Medal of the Austrian Geodetic Commission for his achievements in high mountain cartography * 2013: ICA Diploma for Outstanding Services * 2014: Kudos Certificate of DGfK * since 2017: member of the ''Editorial Board'' of Austria-Forum * 2018: Silver medal of Honour of the DGfK * 2018: Denny Medal of

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, jointly with Martin Kada and Emil Bayramov

References

* '' Kartographische Nachrichten'', 68. Jg., Nr. 2/2018, S. 105 * Peter Aschenberner: "Österreichische Geodätische Kommission ehrt Manfred Buchroithner mit der Friedrich-Hopfner-Medaille." ''Kartographische Nachrichten ''6/2010 * Norbert Höggerl: "Verleihung der Friedrich Hopfner-Medaille an Univ. Prof. Dr. Manfred Buchroithner". ''Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung & Geoinformation'' 1/2011 * Jörg Albertz, Hans-Peter Bähr, Helmut Hornik, Reinhard Rummel (Herausgeber): "Am Puls von Raum und Zeit. 50 Jahre Deutsche Geodätische Kommission. Festschrift"; ''Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,'' München 2002. * Dirk Burghardt (Hrsg.): ''Vom Gelände zur Karte ... Festschrift anlässlich des 65. Geburtstages von Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Manfred F. Buchroithner''. Kartographische Bausteine, Band 40; Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 2016; * Klaus Gertoberens: "Sächsische Erfindungen. 1650 bis heute". Edition Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden 2008. * Madeleine Godefroy, Gunnar Østrem, Robin Vaughan: ''EARSeL’s History. The First 30 Years of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories; European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories'', Hannover 2008. * Christiane Martin: GIS-Szene Serie: "Professoren und ihre Forschungsfelder." Teil 1: ''Kartierung von Gletschern. Auf dem Dach der Welt''. GIS Business 1/2 – 2007 * Dorit Petschel: ''Die Professoren der TU Dresden 1828 – 2003''. 3rd volume of the 175 Jahre TU Dresden series; Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchroithner, Manfred University of Graz alumni Living people 1950 births People from Wels Austrian cartographers 20th-century Austrian geologists Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences Theodor Körner Prize recipients 21st-century Austrian geologists