Andres, Leopold#

b. Linz (Upper Austria), Nov. 14, 1866, d. Kainbach (Styria), May 20, 1950, general, cartographer, leading geodesist. Responsible for surveying strategically important areas during World War I, remapped the Balkan region, introduced basic geodetic methods, gauged gravity in the Tauern mountain range of the Austrian Central Alps, 1937-1946 president of the Austrian Commission for International Geodesy.

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