Alastair_Macdonald_(surveyor)
Alastair Macdonald MBE (born 1932) is a British retired land surveyor and author.[1]
Alastair Macdonald MBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1932 (age 91–92) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Deputy Director of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys c. 1971-1982 Director of Surveys and Production at Ordnance Survey 1982-1992 |
Macdonald decided to become a surveyor at the age of nine.[1]
Macdonald took part in two Spitsbergen expeditions while at Cambridge University.[1]
Macdonald joined the Directorate of Colonial Surveys in 1955,[1] serving in field parties in Kenya, Southern Cameroons, Uganda, the Bahamas, Sarawak, Nyasaland, Bechuanaland and Zambia.[1] In 1969 he was seconded to the government of Malawi.[1]
From 1971 he served with the Ministry of Defence before becoming Deputy Director of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys.[1]
In 1982 he moved to the Ordnance Survey where he was Director of Surveys and Production until his retirement in 1992.[1][2]
In 2002 he spoke at the International Court of Justice in a case concerning the maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria.[3]
In 2009 he was awarded an MBE for services to the resolution of boundary disputes in Africa and to cartography more generally.[4]
- Mapping The World, A History of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1946-1985, Alastair Macdonald, 1996, 210 pages, HMSO, Norwich, ISBN 0-11-701590-3
- "New future plotted for old mapping". Southampton, England: Ordnance Survey. 19 September 2005. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- "Case concerning the land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria" (PDF). International Court of Justice. 10 October 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2010.