The "Karl Kraus Medal" is a prize to honour the authorship of excellent textbooks in the scientific fields of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences. The prize is dedicated to the memory of Professor Karl Kraus, a passionate teacher and author of a number of textbooks.

The first award will be made at the ISPRS Centenary Celebration in Vienna on 4th July 2010.

The "Karl Kraus Medal" is awarded to authors of excellent textbooks in the fields of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences, written in one of the official languages of the ISPRS, and published no more than eight years prior to the commencement of the quadrennial ISPRS Congress at which it is to be presented. On each occasion a maximum of two prizes can be awarded.

The full regulations can be found at http://www.isprs.org/documents/awards.aspx and more information on ISPRS can be found at http://www.isprs.org/

We have called for the Nominations to ISPRS members. Secretary General have received 7 nominations by ISPRS Ordinary Member or the authors themselves till the deadline.