EW #2497  is a consulting geodesist and cartographer in private practice, and has had experience in production as well as applied research. While serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers he was engaged in research for Lunar and Earth topographic mapping by satellites. He has lectured in geodetic surveying; topographic engineering; map projections and grid systems; International & Louisiana Boundary Law; analytical photogrammetry and geodetic astronomy. He has designed, supervised, and executed geodetic surveys; he is consulted on a regular basis regarding network design, techniques, adjustment theory, software systems, specifications, and Grid Systems/Datums world wide.

Photogrammetric experience has been in research and production in stellar and plumb line camera calibration, triangulation instrument design, analytical bundle triangulation, and research and practice in aerial, close range, X-Ray, medical and forensic photogrammetry. He has designed and modified photogrammetric and geodetic instruments including a First Order phototheodolite. Mathematical experience has been in error propagation, matrix algebra, statistical analysis, projective geometry, and ellipsoidal conformal mapping.

Education:
1970 Advanced Photogrammetry (George Washington University)
1968 Applied Analytical Photogrammetry (US Army TOPOCOM)
1967 Professional Cartography (USAF A.C.I.C.)
1967 B.A. Phys. Geography & Math Northwestern State University)

Experience:
1977 Consulting Cartographer & Photogrammetrist, Baton Rouge & New Orleans, Louisiana
1973 '77 Photogrammetry Division Manager; Owen & White, Inc., Consulting Engineers, Baton Rouge, LA
1972 '73 Chief of Applied Photogrammetry; Raytheon/Autometric Operation, Wayland, MA
1968-’72 Topographic Engineer, Company Commander, Executive Secretary, U.S. Army TOPOCOM Scientific Advisory Committee (TSAC), Captain, Corps of Engineers, Washington, D. C.
1967 '68 Cartographer; USAF Aeronautical Data & Information Data, St. Louis, MO

Professional:
1976 Certified Photogrammetrist No. R236
1983 Certified Mapping Scientist-GIS/LIS No. R109GS
2002 Honorary Lifetime Member, Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors

In Louisiana, EW #2497  has been Certified an Expert Witness as:
20th Judicial Court Photogrammetry
21st Judicial Court - Photogrammetry, Cartography
25th Judicial Court Photogrammetry, Cartography, Geodesy
New Orleans Civil District Court Photogrammetry, Geodesy
In Tennessee: U.S. Department of Agriculture National Appeals Division - Photogrammetry

He is on the Civil Engineering Faculty of Louisiana State University. Current and recent academic research includes the Geodesy of Subsidence, Forensic Photogrammetry, International Grid Systems, Computer Processing of Horizontal Datum Transformations, High Speed Close Range and X-Ray Analytical Bundle Photogrammetry, Softcopy Photogrammetry, and LIDAR for Close-Range Industrial applications. He also occasionally lectures courses in Geodesy at the University of Southern Mississippi and for the U. S. Navy’s International Hydrographic Officers’ Course.

EW #2497   is the National Chairman for the Certification Review Committee of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing for Certified Mapping Scientist (GIS/LIS) 1993-2003.

Honors:
Talbert Abrams Award, Honorable Mention, American Society of Photogrammetry 1979.

Honorary Member, Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors 2002.