Gis And Remote Sensing: Military Mapping

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Ordinance survey was the initial

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primary method of mapping

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Survey of Highlands of Scotland important during what year and why

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1747-52 , revolts being a common occurrence

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After the success of highland survey, gov decided what?

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it must be done for rest of Britain

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In 1770s Roy set up what?

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training school for officers

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In 1799 staff college founded, what did it teach

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taught strategy, tactics and topography

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Irish survey completed by 1836 by who

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Maj. Thomas Colby @ 1:10,560 / 6 inch: 1mile

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All mapping so far for what use

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all military use not recreational

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how many years deciding scales

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20 years, final decision in 1858

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The expanding empire made what difficult

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making boundaries - e.g. boundary between chile and argentina

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who were involved in boundary survey across globe

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royal engineers

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Survey of western Palestine

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Funded by Palestine exploration fund

Supposedly to provide support for studies of the geography of the bible

Invaluable as a support to military campaigns.

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what began in 1833

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Terra incognita - scramble of Africa

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What war increased british involvement in mapping africa

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Boer war

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early 20th century time was spend

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putting efforts into preparing for next european war

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WW1 brought about development in what land analysis

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terrain analysis

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what error was made initially when mapping WW1

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thought to be a rapid moving war however it was a stagnant war - meaning large scale maps for specific areas

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Geology maps need in WW1 for what

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digging trenches and bore holeing for fresh water.

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to shoot at targets, soldiers had to rely on what?

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surveys and maps

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surveys were conducted where

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on the battlefield

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what is sound ranging

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difference between flash and bang of shell fire gave approx distance

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what form of photos were used during WW1 maps

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Aerial photography

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by the end of war the amount of men used in surveying had grown to

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5000, double the original

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Topographic maps of regions in WW1 ranged how far and took till when to complete

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12,000 square miles mapped

well into 1916 to complete

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variety of scales of WW1 maps including...

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1:10,000 1:20,000 and 1:40,000

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what three specialist maps where produced

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tank corps published ground suitability maps

dugout suitability maps

geological mapping

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Key source for specialist mapping was what ?

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aerial photography