IMAGE INFORMATION MINING

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IMAGE INFORMATION MINING

• HISTORY DOES NOT LIE!IIM CAN TRACK
• AND AVERT DISASTER
• STEWART GRAINGER

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WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF ME?
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WHAT I WOULD LIKE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY!
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OUTLINE

• My Credentials
• Demining Need for Improvements
• Landmines and their Purpose
• Deminers Search for Information
• Benchmarks for Satellite Imagery
• Indicators for Combat and Mines
• True Mine Truth

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BASIC ASSUMPTION

• The analysis of Satellite Imagery can aid the
  detection and location of minefields but not
  individual munitions.
• I would like to be wrong!

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CREDENTIALS 1

• MILITARY
• ROYAL ENGINEERS
• Troop Commander Kuwait and Oman 1961
• Squadron Commander Northern Ireland 1972
• Regimental Commander UK/BAOR 1976
• Chief Engineer Armoured Division BAOR 1983
• Otherwise at a Desk

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CREDENTIALS 2

• DEMINING Kuwait 1991
• Mozambique 1994
• South Lebanon 2001/3 Consultant
• RESEARCH
• Minx, Minder, Clearfast, Stream

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HEALTH WARNING

• Commercial Manager
• ContractsDefined Tasks
• Defined Quality
• Fixed Price
• Fixed Term
• Aim A Living and Value for Money

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DEMINING IS DANGEROUS

• INJURIES, LOSS OF LIFE AND DAMAGED EQUIPMENT
• COST TIME AND MONEY

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IMPROVED

• PROTECTION
• SAFETY
• IMPROVED COST EFFECTIVENESS

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INDICATORS

• CASUALTIES
• IMPROVED INFORMATION CAN
• PREVENT CASUALTIES

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DEMINING TODAY

• MONEY LIMITS EXTENT
• MANPOWER GOOD
• MACHINES SOME IMPROVEMENT

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IMPROVEMENTS

• BATTERIES
• MATERIALS RELIABILITY
• COMMUNICATIONS
• PROCEDURES IMAS
• RECORDING IMSMA
• LONG LIFE MILK

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MAJOR INEFFICIENCY

• SEARCHING WHERE THERE ARE NO MINES
• NEED FOR BETTER INFORMATION!

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THREAT

• AP MINES
• AT MINES
• UXO
• BOOBY TRAPS

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PURPOSE

• REINFORCE THE TERRAIN
• DENY, HINDER, CONFUSE
• CHANNEL MOVEMENT
• DEFEND VP
• PROTECT MEN/POSITIONS
• HELPS TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK

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INFORMATION SOURCES

• NDO
• MACC
• MILITARY
• POLICE
• HOSPITALS
• NGOs
• PEOPLE

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INFORMATION AVAILABLE

• MINEFIELD RECORDS
• INDICENT REPORTS
• CASUALTY REPORTS
• ASSESSMENTS
• RECCE REPORTS
• YOUR RECCE/SURVEY

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INFORMATION ACQUISITION

• TASK
• GEOGRAPHIC
• MINE ACTION
• LOCAL
• ASSESS RELIABILITY/ACCURACY

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HISTORICAL LANDMARKS

• PRE COMBAT PERIOD
• COMBAT PERIODS
• COMBAT AREAS
• REQUIRED DATES
• REQUIRED AREAS

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INFORMATION SOUGHT 1

• COMBAT CLUESBATTLE DEBRIS
• POOR GOING
• etc

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INFORMATION SOUGHT 2

• MINE WARFARE CLUESRESTRICTED AREAS
• OVERGROWN AREAS
• TRACKS DEBRIS

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AVAILABILITY

• RECORDS
• GOOD NATO, IRAQ, LEBANON
• NOT SO GOOD AFRICA
• GEO REFERENCE
• LANGUAGE
• SATELLITE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIIVE
• BEWARE PENSIONS FUNDS

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IMSMA TODAY - LEBANON

• The MACC SL has obtained sat imagery of the
  majority of Area 6 as well as Southern Lebanon
  which has been incorporated into IMSMA. This
  makes life much easier from a task planning
  perspective but to date has not provided us with
  any more information on the location of
  minefields or BTs. Using IMSMA we can call up a
  base map at 125,000 and then call up the
  relevant sat imagery.

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BACTEC VIEW SL

• Imagery pre and post the last military activity
  in SL shows strike areas and the effectiveness
  and location of bombing and MLRS/artillery
  sub-munition strikes. I have not had time to
  interrogate the Sat imagery in great depth but
  believe it will be a very useful asset

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IIM CAN HELP

• INDENTIFY CONTAMINATED AREAS
• THEREBY CAN IMPROVE SAFETY AND COST
  EFFECTIVENESS
• COST OF IIM ONLY!

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IIM CAN HELP

• HELP PRODUCE TRUE MINE TRUTH
• HELP AVERT DISASTERS
• THANK YOU