Karl Ramsayer

Deceased Person

1911 – 1982

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Who was Karl Ramsayer?

Karl Ramsayer was a German geodesist and is well known as one of the most important scientists in geodetic astronomy and in electronic navigation.

In the 1950s Ramsayer became professor at the Geodetic Institute of the University of Stuttgart. In the following years he founded the Institut für Navigation which he developed to a leading research institute in the fields of avionics. Many patents in automatic positioning methods and air guidance systems have their origin in Stuttgart research projects.

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Born
Sep 29, 1911
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Dec 24, 1982

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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