1957
Establishment of a Department of Topography and Cartography at the Geodetic Institute of the Technical University Hanover - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Heißler appointed as Associate Professor
1963
Conversion of the former department into an independent chair for topography - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Heißler becomes chair holder, Dipl.-Ing. Dieter Grothenn becomes scientific assistant at the chair
1967
After the death of Prof. Heißler in 1966, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Hake is appointed full professor and becomes the new chair holder.
1973
The chair moves into the new rooms in the multi-purpose building Appelstraße 9a on the 6th floor.
1982
Chair of Topography and Cartography becomes Institute of Cartography (IfK) with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Hake as Managing Director
1984
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Hake retires and Dr.-Ing. Werner Lichtner becomes professor and Managing Director of the IfK
1989
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lichtner passes away and Prof. Dr. mult. Gottfried Koncny temporarily manages the IfK, the existing projects are managed together with Prof. Hake.
1991
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Grünreich appointed as successor to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lichtner at the IfK
1999
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Grünreich is appointed President of the Federal Office of Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)
2000
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Monika Sester is appointed full professor at the IfK and successor to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Grünreich
2000
The institute is renamed "Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics"
2002
Dr.-Ing. Claus Brenner started leading a junior research group at the institute that was sponsored by the VW Foundation.
2003
Dr. rer. nat. Volker Paelke is appointed junior professor in the field of 3D visualization and augmented reality
2010
With the end of his junior professorship Dr. Volker Paelke leaves the Institute
2010
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Claus Brenner is appointed an extraordinary professor
2017
Dr. rer. nat. Martin Werner is appointed junior professor in the field of Big Geospatial Data
2017
With the end of his junior professorship, Dr. rer. nat. Martin Werner leaves the Institute.
2018
Dr. rer. pol. Philipp Otto is appointed junior professor in the field of Big Geospatial Data