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MAPS & SURVEYS 2010
THE DEFENCE SURVEYORS’ ASSOCIATION SEMINAR
SATURDAY 19 JUNE 2010.
The Defence Surveyors’ Association (DSA) is to run the fourth in its series of annual seminars on historical military and hydrographic surveying, mapping and charting at the Royal School of Military Survey, Hermitage, Newbury on Saturday 19th June 2010. The seminar will run from 1025 to 1700 hrs during which seven presentations will be given. Cost of attendance is £15, to include tea and coffee breaks and a finger-buffet lunch. The provisional programme is : –
“A distinct and separate corps something similar to that of the Engineers of the Army”: War-time Experience, Peace-time Opportunity, and The Emergence of the RN Hydrographic Service, 1803 to 1823.
By Mike Barritt, R.N. Vice-President Hakluyt Society and DSA member.
The Report on the Military Map of the U.K. 1892.
By Dr. Peter Collier of Portsmouth University and DSA member.
Charles Close – His role in African Boundary Demarcations.
By John W. Donaldson, Research Associate, International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham.
The Links between Photo Interpretation, Intelligence and Photogrammetry.
By Chris Halsall, a former Chief Instructor of the Joint Services School of Photographic Interpretation and a Trustee of the Medmenham Collection.
Accurate Distance Measurement before the advent of Electronic Distance Measurement.
By Jim Smith, author of Everest The Man and the Mountain.
Trevor Wadley and 50 years of the Tellurometer.
Alan F. Wright previously of Tellurometer (UK) Ltd and the British Antarctic Survey, now with Global Surveys Limited.
Brian Sturman previously of Tellurometer (Pty) Ltd, now consultant with Tellumat (Pty) Ltd.
David R. Green previously of Tellurometer (UK) Ltd, now with Green Electronics, the UK representative of Tellumat (Pty) Ltd.
Technologies For Fusing GIS, Terrain and UAV Data in Realtime Intelligence Support.
By Richard Goodman, Principal Application Engineer, SG&I, Intergraph UK Ltd.
Bids to attend may be made to Mike Nolan as follows : – By Email – maptnolan@googlemail.com
Cheques should be made out simply to DSA.
For those arriving by car, it would be appreciated if bids could include car make, model and registration number.
