Topographic Mapping: Covering the Wider Field of Geospatial Information Science & Technology (GIS&T) SECOND EDITION

Professor John N. Hatzopoulos was born in Komiaki (Koronida) of Naxos, Greece. He graduated from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 1971 and received a diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering, ranked first among 94 graduates. He was awarded a research assistantship at the University of Washington Seattle, USA, in 1975. He finished his MSCE degree in 1976 and his Ph.D. in 1979 while maintaining his research assistantship and working on various research projects in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He was hired as an Associate Professor at the California State University Fresno (CSUF) Surveying Engineering program in 1980, and his contribution to the program was that it became one of the top programs in the USA. He was promoted to the rank of professor and got tenure in 1984. He worked at CSUF from 1980 to 1989. He resigned from CSUF and joined the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Aegean, Greece, as a professor i n 1989. Established the Laboratory of Remote Sensing and GIS at the University of Aegean and has been its Director since 1995. With the help of his colleagues, he also established the Extended University Program of Environmental Cartography and was the department's Chairman from 1998 to 2001. He retired in 2015, being awarded professor emeritus status. His activities involve teaching, research, and consulting in geomatic engineering, geospatial information science and technology, and computer-related applications. He has been a Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 1971 and of the ASPRS since 1976. He is a certified ASPRS photogrammetrist (1986) and a professional Rural and Surveying Engineer in Greece. 

Despina Hatzopoulos was born in Fresno, California, USA, on November 17, 1986. In 2010, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the Higher Technological Educational Institute of Larisa, Greece (now the University of Thessaly). She subsequently obtained her professional license as a Registered Nurse. Her academic pursuits continued with a master's degree in "City & Environment: Applied & Clinical Sociology" from the University of the Aegean, Department of Sociology, which she completed in 2013. From 2011 to 2013, Despina also participated in multiple seminars on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), enhancing her expertise in this area. In 2015, she achieved pedagogical adequacy from the Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPAITE) in Lesvos Island, Greece, equipping her with the necessary skills and credentials for educational instruction. In 2023, Despina recently completed a Bachelor of Science in Cultural Technology and Communication from the University of the Aegean, Greece, further broadening her interdisciplinary academic profile.