Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen
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Veikko Aleksanteri Heiskanen (23 July 1895, Kangaslampi
– 23 October 1971, Helsinki
) was a famous Finnish
geodesist.
He is mostly known for his refinement of the theory of isostasy
by George Airy and for his studies of the global geoid
.
Kangaslampi
Kangaslampi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Varkaus on 1 January 2005.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 1,611 and covered an area of 412.93 km² of which 114.12 km²...
– 23 October 1971, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
) was a famous Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
geodesist.
He is mostly known for his refinement of the theory of isostasy
Isostasy
Isostasy is a term used in geology to refer to the state of gravitational equilibrium between the earth's lithosphere and asthenosphere such that the tectonic plates "float" at an elevation which depends on their thickness and density. This concept is invoked to explain how different topographic...
by George Airy and for his studies of the global geoid
Geoid
The geoid is that equipotential surface which would coincide exactly with the mean ocean surface of the Earth, if the oceans were in equilibrium, at rest , and extended through the continents . According to C.F...
.
- 1931-1949 Professor of Geodesy, Helsinki University of TechnologyHelsinki University of TechnologyAalto University School of Science and Technology , was the temporary name for Helsinki University of Technology during the process of forming the Aalto University...
- 1933-1936 Member of Finnish Parliament
- 1949-1961 Director, Finnish Geodetic InstituteFinnish Geodetic InstituteThe Finnish Geodetic Institute is a Finnish research institute specializing in geodesy and geospatial information science and technology. It is located in Masala, Kirkkonummi.-History:...
- 1951-1961 Research professor, Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
Links
- Veikko Heiskanen and Helmut Moritz (presentation)