Aimé Laussedat
Born19 April 1819 Edit this on Wikidata
Died18 March 1907 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 87)

Aimé Laussedat (April 19, 1819 – March 19, 1907) was a French scientist, more specifically, an observational astronomer, geodesist, surveyor, photogrammetrist, and cartographer.

Biography

Laussedat was born in Moulins on April 19, 1819. He was an engineer, researcher and professor at the École polytechnique, then eminent manager at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. He was a military engineer at the beginning of his career. He is considered the father of photogrammetry.[1][2][3] He died on March 19, 1907 (at the age of 87), in Paris.

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References

  1. "Aimé Laussedat (1819-1907) : le précurseur de la photogrammétrie". Librairie Mollat Bordeaux (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  2. Granshaw, Stuart I. (2019). "Laussedat bicentenary: origins of photogrammetry". The Photogrammetric Record. Wiley. 34 (166): 128–147. doi:10.1111/phor.12277. ISSN 0031-868X.
  3. GRUNER, H. (1977). "Photogrammetry: 1776-1976". Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 43(5), 569-574.
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