Joint EIGG (Environmental & Industrial Geophysics Group) and
RSPSoc Meeting (The Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society)
Venue: Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London Date: Thursday December 16th 2004
9.00 – 9.25 – Registration
9.25-9.30 Introduction – conference overview
9.30-9.50 Geophysics and the locating of clandestine graves - out of its depth?
Paul Cheetham,
Bournemouth University
9.55-10.15 Geophysics in the wider context of forensic search.
J R Hunter and B Simpson,
The University of Birmingham
10.20-10.30 Searching for the IRA ‘disappeared’: ground-penetrating radar survey of cemetery graves, N.Ireland.
Peter Wilson & Alastair Ruffell,
Queen’s University Belfast
10.30-10.40 Second Short Geophysics presentation.
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee & Posters.
11.15-11.35 Cyrax Laser Scanning aids Criminal, Built Environment and Archaeological Investigations.
Conor Graham & John Meneely,
Gridpoint Solutions, Belfast & Queen’s University, Belfast
11.40 – 12.00 The integration of Wearable Computer Technology into Forensic Archaeological Practice.
Paul Smith, Prof. John Hunter, Dr. Chris Baber, Dr. Sandra Woolley & Dr. James Cross,
University of Birmingham
12.05-12.25 Extending the Remote Sensing Record: Using Declassified Intelligence
Satellite Imagery for Landscape Reconstruction in the Middle East.
Keith Challis, University of Birmingham & Julian Henderson, University of Nottingham
12.30 – 2pm. EIGG Meeting and Lunch.
2-2.20 Bedfordshire Police and Photogrammetry.
Bob Wagstaff & Dave Dyer,
Bedfordshire Police
2.25-2.45 Archaeological uses of satellite imagery: lessons for forensic remote sensing.
Dr Martin J F Fowler,
South Wonston, Winchester
2.50-3.10 Current MOD remote sensing techniques, including photogrammetry for rapid response operations.
John Sykes,
OGD, Special Projects Flight, Ministry of Defence
3.13-3.45 TEA & COFFEE.
3.45-4.05 Use of thermal helicopter video transmitted to hand held devices and
dogs for criminal tracking, and body searching.
Gil Boyd
4.10-4.30 Current practice in body search & recovery.
Mark Harrison MBE, National Crime Faculty