Theodor Scheimpflug

Theodor Scheimpflug ( born October 7, 1865 in Vienna, † August 22 1911 in Vorderbrühl ) was an Austrian surveyor, according to the Scheimpflug rule is named.

Life

Theodor Scheimpflug was born the son of a bank manager in Vienna. In Vienna he attended the Academic Gymnasium and graduated from the Naval Academy in Fiume. In 1883 he studied as a midshipman of the Navy. As this he traveled widely. In 1888 he was promoted to Midshipman line. When he worked at the hydrographic office and at the Marine Observatory in Pula.

He received his interest in 1896 to leave his studies at the Technical University in Vienna to complete engineering and photogrammetry. In 1897 he began work on phototopographischen kuk Military Geographical Institute.

1901 made ​​him an inheritance possible to retire, where he continued his life's mission: to create maps using aerial photographs. With these experiments, he met with his military superiors life with little understanding; his insights gained until the First World War, after his death in importance. He is buried in the family grave in the rear Brühl.

Meaning for photography

Scheimpflug photographs of the scenery from the balloon or kite. In order to cover as large an area as possible, he also made oblique views, which can not be directly used for a map, but must be equalized. To this end, he created a special equalization unit (a type of magnification device) that was completed in 1906 and published in 1907 the fundamental work The preparation of maps and plans photographically. The rule thereby devoted to the adjustment between the object plane (here to be equalized negative of the oblique view ), lens plane and image plane was important for the professional photography: object plane, lens plane and film plane must intersect in a common line. It is used during the recording process, if oblique views should be in sharp focus, which is especially common in the Architecture Photography: The technical term is Rack Focus on Scheimpflug principle.

Works

• Theodor Scheimpflug: About Austrian attempts to exploit dragon photograms cartographic, and their results thus far. In: Photographic correspondence 1903, ISSN 0031-8795, pp. 659-670, (Also offprint ).

Appreciation

In 1914 in Vienna Dobling ( 19th district ) was named the Scheimpfluggasse after him. Is located at the house built by him in the observatory lane 39 a plaque with a relief.