Peter H.
Dana, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 1297
Georgetown, Texas 78627
Phone: (512) 869-1450
pdana@pdana.com
www.pdana.com
Consultant
Electronic Navigation, Precise Positioning, and Geographic
Information Systems Research and Development
Résumé
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. (Geography). Research in
historical geography, environmental perception, and geographic information
systems. Web-based learning publications in GPS, coordinate systems,
geodetic datums, and map projections. Dissertation: Diversity in
Descriptions of Destroyed Place: Greytown, Nicaragua.
University of Texas at Austin, Master of Arts (Geography). Research
in computer cartography, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and
Latin American studies. MA thesis: The Evolution and National
Selection of Geodetic Datums.
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT,
Bachelor of Arts (English).
EMPLOYMENT
Consultant, 1982 - Present. Electronic
navigation and precise positioning research and development, computer-assisted
cartography, and geographic information systems. Specializing
in analysis and software design for signal processing, navigation, positioning,
and position display for Loran-C and Global Positioning System receivers.
GPS receiver designs for navigation and time and frequency applications. Contracts with clients in the United
States, Canada,
Hungary, Israel, and New Zealand. Projects
include DGPS quality control software, GPS/GIS aerial mapping of television
cable system RF leak levels, GPS receiver design, map projection, coordinate
system, and geodetic datum transformation software. Field work includes Loran-C
receiver testing in Europe and Scandinavia, GPS demonstrations and testing in Israel, GIS teaching in New Zealand, and GPS/GIS mapping projects in Nicaragua and Honduras.
Director of Research, Advanced Navigation, Inc., Rockville, MD,
1980 - 1982. Loran-C navigation avionics software development
and Loran-C propagation research. Design of navigation
processing software for ANI/ONI 7000, a multi-chain avionics Loran-C receiver.
Studies of Loran-C skywave
interference and signal reflections for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Engineer/Programmer,
Navigation Division, Austron, Inc., Austin, TX,
1978 - 1980. Electronic navigation analysis and Loran-C
software development. Austron Model 5000-C Loran-C Monitor software upgrades for the U. S. Coast
Guard.
Consultant, 1972
- 1978. Electronic test, Loran-C analysis, interface design, technical writing,
and computer programming.
United States
Army Signal Corp, 1966-1969. Fixed Station Cryptographic Equipment Repair
(32G2H). Instructor, Ft. Monmouth,
NJ (1967-1968). Maintenance
Chief, Communications Security, Danang Signal
Battalion, Danang,
Vietnam
(1968-1969). Honorable Discharge as Specialist-5 (E-5) June, 1969.
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Research Fellow, Department
of Geography, University of Texas at Austin. 2000 to present.
Lecturer, Department of
Geography, University of Texas at Austin. 2000 to present.
Courses: Contemporary Cultural Geography, Computer Cartography, Introduction to
Remote Sensing, The Geographer’s Craft, Introduction to Geographic Information
Systems, Computer Applications in Geography, Geographic Information Science and
Society, Geographic Information Science and GPS.
Visiting
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Middlebury
College, Middlebury VT.
2005-2006. Courses: Geography of Mexico
and Central America, Seminar on Participatory
Mapping of Indigenous Communities, Seminar in Cartography and Geographic
Information Systems, Fundamentals of Cartography.
Visiting
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Middlebury
College, Middlebury VT.
2000-2001. Courses: Geographic Information Systems, Seminar in Cartography and Geographic
Information Systems, Fundamentals of Cartography.
Assistant Instructor, Department of Geography University of Texas
at Austin. 1995-1997.
Courses: Computer Cartography,
Maps and Map Interpretation.
PATENTS
Hancock, Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,473,692.
System and Method for Locating Points of Interest. October 29, 2002.
Hancock, Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,356,834. Geographic Location Referencing
System And Method. March 12, 2002.
Hancock, Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,339,744. Geographic Location Referencing
System And Method. January 15, 2002.
Hancock, Lee, Peter H. Dana,
and Scott D. Morrison. US Patent #6,295,502. Method
of Identifying Geographical Location Using Hierarchical Grid Address That
Includes a Predefined Alpha Code. September 25, 2001.
Hancock, Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,223,122. Geographic Location Referencing
System And Method. April 24, 2001.
Hancock, Lee, Peter H. Dana,
and Scott D. Morrison. U.S.
Patent #6,202,023. Internet Based Geographic Location Referencing
System and Method. March
13, 2001.
Hancock, Lee and Peter H. Dana. U.S. Patent #6,047,236. Geographic Location Referencing
System And Method. April 4, 2000.
Hancock, Lee and Peter H. Dana.
U.S. Patent #5,839,088. Geographic Location Referencing System and Method. November 11, 1998.
ORGANIZATIONS
The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, The Association of American Geographers, The Institute of Navigation, The International Loran
Association.
Revised 3/11/2007