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DSA Seminar - Maps and Surveys 2009 - 20 June 2009
The DSA will be holding the next semniar in its series 'Maps and Surveys' at Hermitage on 20 June 2009. The programme for this seminar and booking instructions are set out below:
“MAPS & SURVEYS 2009”
THE DEFENCE SURVEYORS’ ASSOCIATION SEMINAR
SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2009
Following on the success of its
Seminars in 2007 and 2008, the DSA is arranging another, similar,
seminar on historical military and hydrographic surveying, mapping and
charting to be held at the Royal School of Military Survey, Hermitage,
Newbury on Saturday the 20th June 2009. The seminar will run from
1025 to 1700hrs during which seven 35-minute presentations will be
given. The cost of attendance is £15, to include tea and coffee
breaks and a finger-buffet lunch. The provisional programme
is:
0945-1025 - Coffee, Tea,
Biscuits in Conference Room. Move to Lecture
Theatre.
1025-1030 - Chairman’s welcome, opening comments and administrative points.
1030-1110 - In the Footsteps of Shackleton.
By John Elder, DSA member ex RE
Survey.
Surveying and mapping work and other scientific
research on an expedition in 1970/71 to the Antarctic (Elephant Island,
South Shetland Islands) is described briefly. Elephant Island is where
the members of Sir E. Shackleton's 1914/17 Trans-Antarctic expedition
took refuge in 1916. Slides and film footage are used to illustrate
this expedition with an emphasis on leadership in the face of
adversity.
1110-1150 - Models in Camera - Allied
Model-Making during World War II.
By Dr Alastair Pearson, University of Portsmouth Geography Department.
By Dr Alastair Pearson, University of Portsmouth Geography Department.
Modern techniques enable a detailed landscape to be constructed as a facsimile of reality, providing opportunity to move through or fly over the landscape. Such simulations using digital terrain models are employed as essential visual aids for briefing and training military personnel prior to land, air and sea operations. However, we should not view these capabilities as necessarily new. This paper charts the development and examines the role of terrain models during World War Two, a period prior to the development of computer-based modelling, when stage designers, artists and sculptors created sophisticated terrain models as invaluable briefing and training aids for key military operations.
1150-1230 - Mapping for a
Multilingual Military Alliance; the Case of East
Germany.
By Dr John Cruickshank, Doctor,
Historian and Charles Close Society member.
A description of the ‘In tandem’ East German
Military/Civil Organisations and the multilingual approach to Warsaw
Pact mapping with examples of East German/Russian/Polish maps and East
German training manuals.
1230-1330 - Finger-buffet Lunch
& Drinks in Conference Room.
1330-1410 - The Inter-Entity Boundary Line in the Balkans 1995-96.
By Nick Rigby, a DSA member, ex
RE Survey.
The Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL) was drawn
on satellite imagery in Dayton, Ohio, using felt tip pens. Nick
Rigby was then responsible for the detailed negotiations with the three
former warring factions to agree precisely where this boundary was on
the 1200 km of ground it covered. Over 30 meetings took place,
some attended at Vice-President level of each of the former warring
factions.
1410-1450 - Measurement & Visualization of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).
By Duncan Lees of Plowman Craven
Ltd.
The use of
modern metrology and visualisation techniques to present the
construction, composition and explosive sequence of Improvised IEDs is
increasingly prevalent in the world of counter terrorism. The visual
representation of IEDs is used by both the terrorist, as a guide to
bomb making, and those involved in the security and safety of our
nations, as a guide to recognising and defusing devices. This talk will
review progress to date and elucidate the stakeholders who can benefit
from the work in the security sector, as well as provoking discussion
about how this specialist work can progress to inform a wider audience
without compromising national security.
1450-1520 - Coffee, Tea, Biscuits in Conference Room.
1520-1600 Current Operations/Techniques - Royal Artillery Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
By an officer from 32 Regiment
Royal Artillery.
A briefing covering experience in the operation
of the Royal Artillery’s ‘Hermes’ unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and
Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MUAV) in current operations in
Iraq/Afghanistan. Hermes is similar to the RAF’s ‘Predator’ but
utilised by the RA in a different way. A MUAV may be
displayed.
1600-1640 - Current Operations/Techniques - Royal Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
By and officer from 39 Squadron
RAF.
A briefing on the ‘Reaper’ UAV operated by 39
Squadron Royal Air Force.
1640-1700 – Final
Discussions/Conclusion.
Provisional or firm bids with or
without cheques at this stage, may now be made to Mike Nolan as
follows.
Cheques to be made out simply to
DSA. Car registration details also appreciated.
Email - maptnolan@googlemail.com
Telephone - (01635) 253167
Letter - M.A. Nolan, Tall Trees,
Broad Layings, Woolton Hill, Newbury, RG20 9TS.
Copyright 2007,
by the Contributing Authors.
Cite/attribute Resource.
Walker. (2009, January 29). DSA Seminar - Maps and Surveys 2009 - 20 June 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2010, from DSA Web site: http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/Seminar%202009.
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