A committee consisting of all IAG Past Presidents unanimously recommended to award at this General Assembly the Levallois Medal to Dr.h.c. Torben Krarup. Krarup, since about 1969, is generally recognized as the authority on physical geodesy. The name of "least–squares collocation" is inseparably connected with Torben. This idea goes back to the time when KP Schwarz was the chairman of an IAG Study Group on Mathematical Methods in Physical Geodesy of which Krarup was the most active and inspiring member.
Torben Krarup (1919 - 2005) read obituary here - springer
Dr.tech. h.c. degree in 1982 Graz
Dr.tech. h.c. degree in 1982 Graz
Krarup born March 2, 1919 in Odder (Denmark), he studied first mathematics and physics and then geodesy in Copenhagen, finishing 1952. At the Danish Geodetic Institute he was instrumental in geodetic computations, having actively participated in the construction of the electronic computer GIER built at the Geodetic Institute around 1960. So he was a pioneer also in this field.
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