His project report titled: "A baseline study of Monmouth Beach's Ammonite Pavement" has already been published by the UK mapping agency, the Ordnance Survey.

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Philip Nuber, director of the Defense Mapping Agency, says that using this virtual technology in flight simulation can help soldiers in peace time as well as war.

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Whether the error lay with the Central Intelligence Agency or the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, some American experts say the bombing is the result of an overly complex and outmoded intelligence bureaucracy.

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You may be aware of Goce, the European Space Agency's gravity mapping satellite.

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Mr Wheelhouse said government agency Scottish Natural Heritage had been mapping wild land and this data would help a review of planning policy.

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