Emeritus Professor Heinz Rüther
Emeritus professor
Research interests
- Digital photogrammetry
- Close range photogrammetry
- Precise engineering surveying
- Deformation analysis
- Environmental monitoring through remotely sensed imagery
- 3D-modelling of architectural structures
- Close range digital photogrammetry and the documentation of heritage sites
Professional service
- Fellow - University of Cape Town
- Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineers
- Member of the South African Academy of Science
- Honorary Member of ITESSA
- Past Council member of ISPRS
- Chair of the Financial Commission of ISPRS
- Vice President of the African Association for Remote Sensing of Environment
- Head of the Geomatics division at the University of Cape Town - 1990 to 2002
- Executive of CIPA (the International Committee for Photogrammetry in Architecture and is present National CIPA delegate for South Africa)