Monday, January 03, 2005

Humanitarian Demining

Vulcan 3-D Laser Measurement System RFP for US Humanitarian Demining back in 2002. I wonder how it worked out? I've worked indirectly (good idea in HAZMAT) in 3D survey on archaeology sites (proton and cesium magnetometers, ground-penetrating radar, magnetic inductance and resistivity surveys, Rollei close-range photogrammetry used on a couple of sites and infrared transit used on many, for Joel Grossman, "Dr. Gadget"). We once found two Parrott shells in the West Point Foundry next to the "prototype" of the "Swamp Angel" R.P. Parrott's Gun Platform. I was first briefed by EOD before we did the initial archaeology survey of Fort Drum, NY, which has been used for target practice for years by tanks and more, lately A-10 "tank-killers" before they were moved out west from Syracuse, NY and the US Army 10th Mountain Division was moved from Camp Hale, CO to NY. I was at West Point Academy the day anthrax showed up from the Post Office, to do archaeology survey in the "tree throws" (from "Debert Site", a paleo-site in Nova Scotia, an arms range) of Hurricane Floyd. With Panamerican Consultants too I worked at Picatinney Arsenal, NJ next to an old rocket assembly plant, long small multiple joined "sheds" with a forest of lightning rods sprouting out of their roofs up on a hill. Steam service runs above ground and everywhere there is large square "U" expansion sections in them. Last I heard they were going to use thermal twilight imaging for landmines from a helicopter (unit about 120 lbs) as mines absorb and radiate heat differently than the soils around them. Wonder how that went?

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