Name, Academic Rank Yerahmiel Doytsher,  Professor 
Office Rabin Bldg. , 7th floor, Room 712
Tel., Fax., E-mail Tel: +972-4-8293183   Fax: +972-4-8234757   E-mail: doytsher@geodesy.technion.ac.il
Teaching Activities Digital Mapping and Spatial Information
Geographical Information Systems
Cadastre and Land Information Systems
Research Interest  Development of methods and software for extensive use in Cartography, Cadastral Survey and Topographical Mapping.
Using techniques of Geographic Information Systems in order to transform graphical maps into a digital format.
Using Automated Mapping and Facility Management as a geodetic tool for dealing with the urban multi-layer information problem.
Land Information Systems in general and Digital Cadastre in particular.
Using Non-linear transformation algorithms and techniques for Maps and Databases conversion.
Conflation and merging of Digital Information (Maps and Databases).
Creating DTM and the use of it in various fields of geodesy and civil engineering.
Year awarded doctorate 1979
Institution Technion, Haifa
Field of doctorate Mapping
Thesis title Automation Procedures in Mapping
Books published  
Recent journal publications (From January 1995)
  1. Doytsher Y., Hall J. K., 1995. "FORTRAN Programs for Coordinate Resection Using an Oblique Photograph and High-Resolution DTM", Computers & GeoSciences, Vol. 21(7), pp. 895-905.
  2. Doytsher Y., Gelbman E., 1995. "A Rubber Sheeting Algorithm for Cadastral Maps", Journal of Surveying Engineering - ASCE, Vol. 121(4), pp. 155-162.
  3. Doytsher Y., 1996. "Large Scale Multi-informational Urban Mapping", Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 56(3), pp. 156-164.
  4. Doytsher Y., 1997. "Geometrical and Topological Improvement of Structures Measured from Photographs", Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 57(1), pp.11-22.
  5. Doytsher Y., Hall J. K., 1997. "Gridded Affine Transformation and Rubber Sheeting Algorithm with Fortran Program for Calibrating Scanned Hydrographic Survey Maps", Computers & GeoSciences, Vol. 23(7), pp. 785-791. 
  6. Doytsher Y., Hall J. K., 1997.  "Interpolation of DTM Using Bi-directional Third-degree Parabolic Equations, with Fortran Subroutines", Computers & GeoSciences, Vol. 23(9), pp. 1013-1020.
  7. Filin S., Doytsher Y., 1998. "Estimating the Accuracy of Photogrammetric Data - Mechanism and Implementation", Journal of Surveying Engineering - ASCE, Vol. 124(4), pp. 156-170.
  8. Haklay M., Feitelson E., Doytsher Y., 1998. "The Potential of a GIS-Based Scoping System: An Israeli Proposal and Case Study", Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 18, pp. 439-459.
  9. Filin S., Doytsher Y., 1999. "A Linear Mapping Approach for Map Conflation: Matching of Polylines". Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 59(2), pp. 107-114.
  10. Gelbman E., Doytsher Y., 1999. "Automatic Filtering and Classification of Raw Field Surveying Data". Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 59(4), pp. 231-240.
  11. Filin S., Doytsher Y., 2000. "The Detection of Corresponding Objects in a Linear-Based Map Conflation". Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 60(2), pp. 117-128.
  12. Doytsher Y., 2000 "A Rubber Sheeting Algorithm for Non-Rectangular Maps", Computers & GeoSciences, Vol. 26(9), pp. 1001-1010.
  13. Katzil Y., Doytsher Y., 2000. "Height Estimation Methods for Filling Gaps in a Gridded DTM". Journal of Surveying Engineering - ASCE (in press).
  14. Doytsher Y., Hall J. K., 2000. "Simplified Algorithms for Isometric and Perspective Projections with Hidden Line Removal". Computers & GeoSciences (in press).
  15. Gabay Y., Doytsher Y., 2000. "An Approach to Matching Lines in Partly Similar Engineering Maps". Geomatica (in press).
  16. Katzil Y., Doytsher Y., 2000. "A Logarithmic and Sub-Pixel Approach to Shaded Relief Representation ". Computers & GeoSciences (in press).
Present positions at Technion 
  &present public  positions		 Head, Department of Transportation and Geo-Information Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Head, Geodesy and Mapping Research Center, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering