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17Jul
Utility Locating Service Forest Hills Queens NY
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Accu-Scan GPR is a utility locating service based in Forest Hills, NY. We use the best technology available to prevent damage, facility shutdowns, service disruptions, project delays and worker injuries on the job. We specialize in many different areas tailored towards your needs, such as electricians, plumbers, contractors, architects, cemeteries, and much more. Our technicians possess all […]
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25Feb
Faster detection of landmines using radar
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Every 20 to 30 minutes, somewhere in the world, a person – often a child – steps on a landmine. It is estimated that over 100 million anti-personnel mines are buried worldwide and a further 200 to 250 million are thought to remain in military storage facilities. This means they pose a constant threat, even […]
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17Jan
How We find Buried Landmines
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Leftover landmines are a global menace, killing and maiming civilians in more than 70 countries every day, according to the U.N. Ground-penetrating radar, or GPR, has long promised to be a viable landmine-detection method, except for one problem: When GPR waves pass through air before entering the ground, they diffuse just enough to prevent accurate […]
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06Dec
Ground Penetrating Radar Locates Body Parts
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Our company has surveyed many cemeteries to map grave sites. Usually this was to construct an accurate site plan of marked and unmarked grave sites and available plots. However, last year we were contracted to conduct a ground penetrating radar survey at a cemetery near Chicago to assist in pending legal proceedings. We waited to […]
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06Dec
Ground Penetrating Radar Soil Suitability Maps
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Ground penetrating radar’s effectiveness is greatly dependent on site-specific soil type. The soil type of a survey area will determine the depth of penetration of the ground penetrating radar signal. One of the most difficult soil types for GPR equipment to penetrate is wet clay. As an example, where a mid-level frequency GPR system may […]
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