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Born in Israel, 1950. Married to Rachel. Children : Amir,Ayellet, Shahar and Tal
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- B.Sc., 1972, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Civil Engineering.
- M.Sc., 1974, Technion-I.I.T., Geodetic Engineering, (Faculty of Civil Engineering). Thesis Subject : "Adjustment of a Traverse Network." Advisor : Dr. H.B. Papo.
- D.Sc., 1981, Technion-I.I.T., Geodetic Engineering, (Faculty of Civil Engineering). Dissertation : "Analytic Orthophoto Generation from Panoramic Photographs. " Advisor : Professor B. Shmutter.
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- Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Humanities, Chair, Department of Geodesy and Cartography, 2/1985 - 9/1986.
- University of Haifa, Research Authority and Faculty of Social Sciences, Head, GIS and Remote Sensing (RS) Research Laboratories 1995 – Present
- University of Haifa, Department of Geography, Chair, Computer Committee, 6/1996 – 9/1999
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mathematics, Member, Faculty Computer Committee, 6/1996 – 9/1999
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mathematics, Member, Ad-Hoc Faculty Internet Committee, 6/1997 - 1/1998
- University of Haifa, Member, University Traffic Signals Authority Committee, 10/1998 – 10/2004
- University of Haifa, University Representative Member, NASA Israel-EOSDIS Steering Committee, 4/1999 - Present.
- University of Haifa, University Representative Member, Board of Directors, Golan Research Institute, 6/1999 – 12/2004.
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography Member, M.A. Committee 6/2001 - 3/2004
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Member, PhD Committee 3/2004 – Present
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Head, Educational Laboratories for GIS, RS and Digital Cartography 2005 – Present
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Chair, Marketing Committee 11/2005 – 9/2008
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chair, Faculty Computer Committee 2/2006 – Present
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Acting Chairperson, PhD Committee 7/2008 – 9/2008
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Chairperson PhD Committee 11/2008 – Present
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General
- Israel Society of Photogrammetry; Member (advisor) of the official Israel delegation to the XIVth Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry, Hamburg, West Germany (1980).
- Ministry of Housing, Survey of Israel; Member of Advisory Committee (1982 - 1986).
- Ministry of Housing, Survey of Israel Procurement Committee; Public Representative (10/1989-present).
- Israel Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing; Chairman of the official Israeli delegation to the 17th Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Washington, DC, USA., August 1992.
- ISA - Israel Space Agency, Chairman, Israeli Mapping & Cartography Group, Remote Sensing Div., CNES-ISA Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 29, 1994
- Ministry of Housing, Survey of Israel; Member of the Cartography Council (1994-2002).
- Israel Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; Delegate to Commission IV (Mapping and Geographical Information Systems) of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (January, 1996-present).
- Israel Society Cartography; Chairman of the official Israeli delegation to the 18th Congress of the International Society of Cartography, Stockholm, Sweden, August 1997.
- Government of Israel, Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Establishment of the National Archive for Maps and Air Photographs, Advisor, July 1998 – March, 1999
- Ministry of the Prime Minister, Bureau of Statistics, Chamber of Statistics Committee on establishing a standard for Land Use and Land Cover Unified Coding Schema, Member August 1998 – August 2001
- Israel Society of Cartography; Chairman of the official Israeli delegation to the 19th Congress of the International Society of Cartography, Ottawa, Canada, August 1999.
- Israel Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; Member (Advisor), the official Israeli delegation to the XIXth Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July, 2000.
- Israel Society Cartography; Chairman of the official Israeli delegation to the 20th Congress of the International Society of Cartography, Beijing, China, August 2001.
- Israel Society Cartography; Chairman of the official Israeli delegation to the 21st Congress and General Assembly of the International Society of Cartography, Durban, South Africa, August 2003.
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Member (Scientist), "National Committee on Earth Observations", March, 2004 – Present
- ISPRS Foundation, USA. Member, Board of Trustees, July 2004 – July, 2006
- ICA – International Cartographic Association, Member, ad-hoc Commission on: New Name of the Association. August, 2004 – February, 2005
- Israel Academy of Science, Research Fund; Member, Review Committee on Research Proposals in Geography March – June, 2005
- Ministry of Housing, Survey of Israel. Member of the Mapping Council April, 2005- Present
- Israel Society Cartography; Chairman of the official Israeli delegation to the 22nd Congress of the International Society of Cartography, A Coruna, Spain, July 2005
- Israel Academy of Science, Research Fund; Member, Review Committee on Research Proposals in Geography February – June, 2006
- Israel Society Cartography; Chairman of the official Israeli delegation to the 23rd Congress and General Assembly of the International Society of Cartography, Moscow, Russian Federation, July 2007
- ITHACA (Information Technology for Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Actions). Politecnico di Torino, the Italian Higher Institute on Innovation Territorial Systems (Si.T.I.) and the United nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP)
Member, Scientific Committee July, 2007 - Present
- JOURNAL of Applied Geomatics, Member, Advisory Board January, 2008 – Present
- Israel Society of Photogrammetry; Chairman (Delegate) of the official Israel delegation to the XXIth Congress and General Assembly of the (ISPRS) International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing , Beijing, China July, 2008
Organization of National Symposia
- Israel Association of Licensed Surveyors (in cooperation with the Survey of Israel and the Department of Geodesy & Cartography, Tel Aviv University); Plenary Program Director, Symposium on “Global Positioning Systems”, Tel-Aviv, Israel. (1986)
- Israel Association of Licensed Surveyors (in cooperation with ACTIM-Israel), Plenary Program Director and Moderator, France-Israel Bi-National Colloquium on “Satellite Geodesy & Remote Sensing”, Tel Aviv, Nov. 18,1991.
- Israel Association of Licensed Surveyors/ Technion Center for Mapping & Geodetic Research / Survey of Israel; Plenary Program Director, GPS '92 Symposium on Global Positioning Systems, Tel Aviv, April 1, 1992.
- Israel Association of Licensed Surveyors/ Technion Center for Mapping & Geodetic Research / Survey of Israel; Plenary Program Director, “LIS/GIS '92 Symposium”, Haifa, Israel, January 13, 1992.
- Israel Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ILSPRS); Plenary Program Director, DP/RS/IP '93 Symposium on Digital Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Image Processing, Shfayim, Israel, June 2nd 1993.
- Israel Association of Licensed Surveyed Survey of Israel; Plenary Program Director, LIS/GIS '95 Conference, Tel-Aviv, Israel, February 2nd, 1995.
- Israel Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ILSPRS), member, Plenary Program Committee, “1997 annual convention”, Tel Aviv, Israel, May, 1997.
- Israel Society of Cartography, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography’98 Symposium”, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 24, 1998.
- University of Haifa, Department of Geography; The Survey of Israel; The Israel Cartography Association, Plenary Program Director, “LIS/GIS’98 Symposium” Haifa, Israel, June, 1998.
- Israel Society of Cartography, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography’99 Symposium”, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 4, 1999.
- Israel Society of Geography; Member, Organizing Committee, “1999 Annual Convention of the ILGU”, Haifa, Israel, 6-8.12.1999.
- Israel Society of Cartography, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography ’2000” Symposium, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 14, 2000.
- Israel Society of Cartography, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography ’01”, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 15, 2001.
- Israel Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing & The Israel Society of Cartography, Member, Plenary Program Committee, Annual Meeting and Symposia, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 9, 2002.
- Israel Association for Cartography and GIS, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography and GIS ’03” Symposium, Haifa, Israel, March 25, 2003.
- Israel Association of Licensed Surveyors, Israel Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Israel Association for Cartography and GIS Survey of Israel, Member, Plenary Program Committee, Symposium on “Geodesy, Mapping and GIS2003”, Shefayim, Israel, December 17-18, 2003.
- Israel Association for Cartography and GIS, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography and GIS ’04” Symposium, Haifa, Israel, March 16, 2004.
- Israel Association for Cartography and GIS, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography and GIS ’05” Symposium, Tel-Aviv, Israel, March 17, 2005.
- Israel Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Israel Association for Cartography and GIS, Israel Association of Licensed Surveyors, Director of Symposium and and Plenary Program Director, “Mapping Israel 2006” Symposium, Haifa, Israel, September 5-6, 2006. (Postponed to 2007, due to the "2nd Lebanese war")
- Israel Association for Cartography and GIS, Plenary Program Director, “Cartography and GIS ’08” Symposium, Haifa, Israel, March 11, 2008.
Organization of International Symposia
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and ICA – International Cartographic Society, Convenor, ICA/ISPRS 1st Joint Workshop on Incremental Updating and versioning of Spatial Data Bases. Amsterdam, The NETHERLANDS, 15.7.2000. (with Antony Cooper)
- ICA – International Cartographic Society and ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing , Convenor, ICA/ISPRS 2nd Joint Workshop on Incremental Updating and versioning of Spatial Data Bases. Beijing, CHINA, 4-5.8.2001. (with Antony Cooper)
- EuroGeographics, ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and ICA – International Cartographic Society, Convenor, 3rd International Workshop on Incremental Updating and versioning of Spatial Data Bases. Frankfurt A.M., GERMANY, 14-15.10.2002. (With Antony Cooper and Dietmar Grunereich)
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and ICA – International Cartographic Society, Convenor, 4th International Workshop on Incremental Updating and versioning of Spatial Data Bases. Durban, SOUTH AFRICA, 8-10.8.2003. (With Antony Cooper)
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and ICA – International Cartographic Society, Convenor, 5th International Workshop on Incremental Updating and versioning of Spatial Data Bases. Istanbul, TURKEY, 12-14.7.2004. (With Antony Cooper)
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Member, Plenary and Technical Session Program Committee, XX ISPRS Congress, “Bridging Between Continents” Istanbul, TURKEY, 12- 20.7.2004.
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and ICA – International Cartographic Society, Convenor, 6th International Workshop on Incremental Updating and versioning of Spatial Data Bases. A Coruña, SPAIN, 8-10.7.2005. (With Antony Cooper)
- ICA – International Cartographic Society, Member, Technical Programme Committee. XXII International Cartographic Congress. A Coruña, SPAIN, 9-16.7.2005.
- Member, Technical Programme Committee, ICORSE 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE31), St. Petersburg Russian Federation, 25-29 June, 2005.
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Member, Scientific Programme Committee, Commission VII Mid-Term Symposium, “Remote Sensing Applications for the Service of Humankind”, Enschede, Netherlands, 8-11 May, 2006
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Symposium Director and Chairman of Organizing Committee, Commission VIII Mid-Congress Symposium, “Remote Sensing Applications for the Service of Humankind”, Haifa, Israel, 3-7.9.2006. (Postponed due to the "2nd Lebanese war")
- Member, Technical Program Committee, ICORSE 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE32). San Jose, Costa Rica, 25-29 June, 2007.
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, President, Commission VIII Technical and Theme Sessions Program Committee, XXI ISPRS Congress, “Silk Road for Information from Imagery” Beijing, China, 3- 11.7.2008.
- Member, International Advisory Committee, The 2nd International Conference on:
"Earth Observation for Global Changes (EOGC2009)", Chengdu, China, 25-29 May, 2009.
- Member, Scientific Committee, "Geo-spatial Solutions for Emergency Management (GSEM)" . Zhongguancun, Beijing, China, 14-16 September, 2009.
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- Peled, A. (Editor). ETMODED: Official publication of ALSI (the Association of Licensed Surveyors in Israel), October 1992 – April 1997, Vols. 8-10.
- Heipke, C., Willrich, F., Pakzad, A., Peled, A., (Guest Editors), International Journal of Photogrammetry and remote sensing, Theme Issue on: "Integration of Geodata and Imagery for Automated Refinement and Update of Spatial Databases". Volume 58, Issues 3-4, pp. 127-258, Elsevier, Amsterdam, March, 2004.
- JOURNAL of Applied Geomatics, Member, Advisory Board
January, 2008 – Present
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International
- ICA – International Cartographic Society
- Chair, Commission on:
“Incremental Updating and Versioning of Spatial Data Bases”, August 2003 – July 2007
- Member, Commission on:
“Spatial Data Infrastructure”, August 2003 – Present
- Chair, Executive Committee Work Group on:
“Incremental Updating and Versioning”, August 1999 – August 2003
- Member, Commission on:
“Standards for Spatial Data Transfer”, August 1993 – August 2003
- ISPRS – International Society for Photogrammetry and remote Sensing
- 2nd Vice President and Council Member, July, 2008 – July, 2012
- Chair, InterCommission Work Group VI/VIII on: “Updating and Maintenance of Core Spatial Data Bases”, July 2008 – July 2012
- President, Commission VIII on:“Remote Sensing Applications and Policies”, July, 2004 – July, 2008
- Council Member and Treasurer, July, 2000 – July, 2004
- Co-Chair, InterCommission Work Group II/IV on: “Systems for automated geo-spatial data production and updating from imagery”, July 2000 – July 2004
- Member, InterCommission Work Group IV/III on: “Fusion of Multi-Source Spatial Data”, 1996-2000
- Member, Work Group IV.4 on: “Updating Maps and Spatial Data Bases”. 1992-1996
- Member, Work Group IV.2 on: “Updating Maps” , 1988-1992
National and Regional
- ALSI - Association of Licensed Surveyors in Israel - member, 1973 - Present
Council member, May 1991- May 1997
Chairman, Professional Activities Committee, May 1991- May 1997
- ILSPRS - Israel Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing - member
Delegate, ISPRS Commission IV, August 1992 – Present
- ILCA - Israel Society of Cartography and Geographical Information Systems - member,
President, March 1999 - Present
Vice President, February 1997-March 1999
Israel Geography Association – member 1995 - present
- ASPRS - American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – member 1982 - present
- ACSM -American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACA, AAGS) – member 1986-1991
- ION - American Institute of Navigation - member, 1986-1994
- NACIS - North American Cartographic Information Society – member 1986-1994
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