Miljenko Lapaine
Professor Emeritus
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy
Born: 1952
Education:
Year of awarding diploma degree: 1976
Year of awarding PhD degree: 1996
Business address:
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy, Kačićeva 26, 10000 Zagreb
e-mail address: mlapaine@geof.hr
Academy membership: Full member
Year of admission to HATZ: 1998
Affiliation with the Academy Department: Department of civil engineering and geodesy
Professional activities
Leading of scientific and/or professional projects:
- State border of the Republic of Croatia at sea, State Geodetic Administration, 1998
- Preparation of documentation necessary for the adoption of proposals for official cartographic projections of the Republic of Croatia, State Geodetic Administration,
- Cartography and new technologies, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, 2006
- New map projection of the Republic of Croatia – HTRS96 / TM – Instructions for practical application, State Geodetic Administration, 2006
- Cartography of the Adriatic, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, 2008
- The oldest Croatian textbook of geodesy, Croatian-Hungarian project, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, 2008
Area of scientific and professional interest:
- Cartography
- Geodesy
- Applied Mathematics
- History of science
Memberships in scientific or professional associations:
- Croatian Cartographic Society
- ICA Commission on Map Projections
- Croatian Geodetic Association
Awards or recognitions:
- International Cartographic Association Honorary Fellowship, 2019
- Medal for special contribution to the work of the Croatian Academy of Engineering, Zagreb, 2016
- The INNOLEC Lectureship in Cartography and Geoinformation in recognition of valuable contribution to the development of the teaching curriculum in the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2011
- Matica Hrvatska Award for Science Oton Kučera for the year 2009 and 2010 for the book Croatian Cartographers, Biographical Lexicon (together with Ivka Kljajić, Ph.D.)
- Federik Grisogono Award of the Croatian Geographical Society – Zadar in recognition of the overall scientific research and pedagogical work and significant contribution to the development of science in Croatia, Zadar, 2011
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