Kadaster chairman Frank Tierolff passes away at 57

Frank Tierolff, chairman of the board of Kadaster, passed away on Wednesday, 2 July, due to a heart attack. He was only 57 years old. The news has been met with shock at Kadaster, and condolences are pouring in from both the Netherlands and abroad. As chairman of the...

In memoriam: Prof Dr Ferjan Ormeling

Prof Dr Ferdinand Jan ‘Ferjan’ Ormeling Jr – a pioneer of thematic and atlas cartography, as well as geographical names – sadly passed away on 13 June this year. Menno-Jan Kraak, former president of the  ICA, has written this ‘In Memoriam’ reflecting on Ferjan’s...