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Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE (17 June 1898 – 12 November 1968)cite-ref-gpr-3-0[3] was the head of the Trigonometrical and Levelling Division of the Ordnance Survey responsible for the 26-year-long retriangulation of Great Britaincite-ref-moahs-4-0[4] (1936–1962) and was the first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946–1955).cite-ref-mtw-5-0[5]

He was commissioned as a Royal Engineers officer in 1917cite-ref-6[6] and 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".cite-ref-moahs-4-1[4]

• Cartography

• Personal life

• Honours

• Publications

• See also

• References

Hotine was responsible for the design of the triangulation pillars constructed during the Geodetic resurvey of Britain.cite-ref-moahs-4-2[4] 6,173 of these were built.cite-ref-moahs-4-3[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.cite-ref-moahs-4-4[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.cite-ref-7[7]

Hotine was married to Kate Amelia Hotine (née Pearson)(1895–1987) whose nickname to family and friends was 'Ajax'.cite-ref-gpr-3-1[3]

Martin Hotine was awarded the CBE in 1945, and the CMG in 1949.

• In 1947 he became an officer of the United States Legion of Merit.

• 1947 Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal "For research work in Air Survey ... and for his cartographic work."cite-ref-8[8]

• 1955 Photogrammetric Society's first President's Medalcite-ref-mtw-5-1[5]

• 1964 The Institution of Royal Engineers' Gold Medalcite-ref-mtw-5-2[5]

• In 1968 he was awarded the United States Department of Commerce Gold Medal.

• citerefhotine1931Hotine, Martin (1931), Surveying from air photographs, Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee – No. 3, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, p. 71

• citerefhotine1931Hotine, Martin (1931), The Fourcade Stereogoniometer, Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee – No. 7, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, OCLC 184739773

• citerefhotineHotine, Martin, Mathematical geodesy

• Hotine Glacier

cite-note-edge-11. citerefedge1969Edge, 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.

cite-note-obit-22. citerefhumphries1969Humphries, G J (March 1969). "Martin Hotine obituary". The Geographical Journal. 135 (1). Royal Geographical Society: 156–157. JSTOR 1795667.

cite-note-gpr-33. ↑ "Martin Hotine grave monument details". Gravestone photographic resource. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

cite-note-moahs-44. ↑ citerefcrane2004Crane, 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.

cite-note-mtw-55. ↑ citerefmacdonald1996Macdonald, Alastair (1996). Mapping The World (1st ed.). Norwich, England: HMSO. pp. ii. ISBN 0-11-701590-3.

cite-note-66. ↑ citerefgazette30119"No. 30119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1917. p. 5633.

cite-note-77. ↑ "The Malaysian CRS Monster :: Mike Meredith". mmeredith.net. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

cite-note-88. ↑ "List of Past Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2010.