--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:58:57 +0100 From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: 'Military mapping in the 20th century' announcement of 12.9.2 000 Sender: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]> Dear List subscribers (especially MapHist's Lars Bagge Nielsen, concerning his enquiry of 13 September), Professor Peter Doyle has been rather busy and elusive since I posted a brief announcement of this Seminar on Tuesday 12 September. Peter Chasseaud (Chairman of the event), however, has this morning provided a more detailed program[me] by e-mail attachment, which I am happy to attempt to send - as a 'normal' message - to you all. Please note that a URL is promised in the near future. Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG) [log in to unmask] http://www.rgs.org The University of Greenwich is organising a 1-day seminar, on 5th January 2001, with presentations and workshop sessions, entitled: Military Mapping in the 20th Century Including sessions on the First and Second World Wars, the Cold War, Small Wars, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, etc. To be held at Queen Anne Court, on the Maritime Greenwich Campus (the historic former Royal Naval College) fronting the River Thames. Registration (£15 including refreshments, lunch and tour of historic campus) details and further information from: Professor Peter Doyle Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences University of Greenwich Pembroke Chatham Maritime Kent ME4 4TB Tel: 0181 331 9832; email: [log in to unmask] Website information will be available shortly. * * * Aims: * To outline some of the major military survey and cartographic programmes of the 20th Century (concentrating on the British experience at this stage). * To identify available archives, collections, resources. * To establish a research agenda. * To explore the possibility of establishing a standing commission for the history of military cartography. * To examine the possibility of establishing a permanent repository and research centre for military survey historical material. * To discuss the methodology of research into military cartographic history. * To publish the proceedings of the workshop in a suitable journal. Provisional Programme for 5th January 2001 (Chairman - Peter Chasseaud, University of Greenwich): 09.30 Registration & Coffee 10.0 Welcome and Introductory Address Morning Session - First and Second World Wars: 10.00 Peter Chasseaud (University of Greenwich): Mapping the Western Front 1914-18. 10.30 Col. Mike Nolan (Retd - ex Mil Svy): Gallipoli Mapping. 11.00 Coffee 11.30 Dr Yolande Hodson (ex Mil Svy): M. N. MacLeod and Mapping Preparations for WW2. 12.00 Dr Andrew Cook (India Office Library & Records) The Survey of India. 12.30 Lunch & Tour of Historic Campus. Afternoon Session - Post 1945; Cold War, 'Small Wars', etc. 14.00 Dr. Ian Mumford (ex Mil. Svy) Mapping for the Suez Operation. 14.30 Major Alan Gordon (Retd - ex Mil Svy) Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing - Anaglyph to Digital. 15.00 Speaker from Defence Geographic Information Agency (Formerly Mil Svy) Recent Work of Military Survey/DGIA. 15.30 Tea & General Discussion - see 'Aims' above. 16.30 Chairman's Concluding Remarks. --- End Forwarded Message ---