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Powerful data analysis routine helps locate buried bombs
Author(s) -
Barthel Christian,
Rosenberger Ralf
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.3440090107
Subject(s) - unexploded ordnance , interfacing , software , computer science , key (lock) , global positioning system , task (project management) , real time computing , computer security , engineering , operating system , geology , systems engineering , computer hardware , remote sensing
Heavy bombing during World War II in Europe, particularly in Germany, left thousands of unexploded bombs buried underground and underwater. The bombs can be detected with magnetic sensors, but sorting through the huge amounts of data generated in area searches has proven to be by far the most difficult part of the task. Recently, a data analysis program has been developed that is capable of correlating global positioning system (GPS) data to magnetic sensor readings to identify likely bomb site candidates in a remarkably short period of time. A key to the success of this application is the use of packaged data‐analysis software, Origin, from Microcal Software, Inc. (Northampton, Massachusetts), which is capable of interfacing to external C and C++ pattern curve‐fitting routines that operate at the required high rates of speed.