Martin_Hotine

Martin Hotine

Martin Hotine

British Army officer

Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE (17 June 1898 – 12 November 1968)[3] was the head of the Trigonometrical and Levelling Division of the Ordnance Survey responsible for the 26-year-long retriangulation of Great Britain[4] (1936–1962) and was the first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946–1955).[5]

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He served on the North-West Frontier during the First World War and later in the Persian and Mesopotamian campaigns. He has been described as "decisive, ingenious and tough".[4]

Cartography

Hotine was responsible for the design of the triangulation pillars constructed during the Geodetic resurvey of Britain.[4] 6,173 of these were built.[4] They provided a solid base for the theodolites used by the survey teams during the survey, thereby improving the accuracy of the readings obtained.[4] They are sometimes referred to as "Hotine Pillars".

In the 1940s, Hotine developed a map projection for the Malay Peninsula and Borneo that is known as the Hotine oblique Mercator projection.[6]

Personal life

Hotine was married to Kate Amelia Hotine (née Pearson)(1895–1987) whose nickname to family and friends was 'Ajax'.[3]

Honours

Publications

  • Hotine, Martin (1931), Surveying from air photographs, Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee – No. 3, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, p. 71
  • Hotine, Martin (1931), The Fourcade Stereogoniometer, Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee – No. 7, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, OCLC 184739773
  • Hotine, Martin, Mathematical geodesy

References

  1. [1]
    Edge, R C A (March 1969). "Martin Hotine". Bulletin Géodésique. 91 (1). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg: 8–12. Bibcode:1969BGeod..43....8E. doi:10.1007/bf02524840. ISSN 0007-4632. S2CID 186233628.
  2. [2]
    Humphries, G J (March 1969). "Martin Hotine obituary". The Geographical Journal. 135 (1). Royal Geographical Society: 156–157. JSTOR 1795667.
  3. [3]
    "Martin Hotine grave monument details". Gravestone photographic resource. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  4. [4]
    Crane, Nicholas (30 October 2004). "Britain: Master of all he surveys". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  5. [5]
    Macdonald, Alastair (1996). Mapping The World (1st ed.). Norwich, England: HMSO. pp. ii. ISBN 0-11-701590-3.
  6. [6]
    "The Malaysian CRS Monster :: Mike Meredith". mmeredith.net. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. [7]
    "List of Past Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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