BCS/DSA One-day seminar on Covert Military Mapping
24 May 2006
Portland Building
University of Portsmouth
Coat of attendance is GBP15 which includes light refreshments and a
buffet lunch. There is accommodation for only 80 attendees, so those
wishing to book a place are recommended to apply early. Bookings
should be made to Ken Atherton, British Cartographic Society
Administration,12 Elworthy Drive, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9AT,
Tel/Fax 01823 665 775. Cheques should be made payable to the British
Cartographic Society.
Programme
10.00-10.30 Registration and Coffee
10.30-11.00 Yo Hodson - Geographical Intelligence Acquisition in the British Army 1743-1763
11.00-11.30 Peter Collier - Mapping Anatolia in the 19th Century (F.R. Maunsell & Series I.D.W.O. 1522)
11.30- 11.40 Questions
11.40-12.10 Mike Nolan - Covert maps for the Boer War.
12.10-12.40 Peter Chasseaud - Newcombe's Secret Survey of Sinai
12.40- 12.50 Questions
12.50-13.50 Lunch
13.50-14.20 Eddie Winterbourne – Charting the Far East in WW2, a Royal Marine's experiences on HMS White Bear 1944-1945
14.20-14.50 Alan Gordon - Mapping with a Mission, the support provided to the British Commanders-in- Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany 1946 - 1990
14.50-15.00 Questions
15.00-15.30 Tea
15.30-16.00 Dave Watt - The Russian World Mapping Programme
16.00-16.30 John Davies - Russian Mapping of the UK
16.30-17.00 Final discussion
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