Mr Neal Archer CGeog

Biography

Neal Archer has an MA in International Boundaries from King's College London, and a BSC Hons in Cartography and Geography from Oxford Polytechnic (including an exchange to the University of Rhode Island to study polar geography). Neal joined the Ministry of Defence in 1991 as a Mapping and Charting Officer (now Geospatial Analyst). He has been involved in surveying, map production and evaluation, capability and data schema development, geographical research, geospatial training design and delivery, and latterly in policy and requirement management. Neal has represented and chaired meetings on geographic matters at the international level on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence. He was also the UK Government subject matter expert on international land boundaries and was involved in resolving boundary issues. He also briefed and provided training on international boundary alignments and issues to UK and foreign governments and other international organisations. Outside work Neal lectures on boundaries and mapping at Master's Level to King's College London, and enthuses children via the British Cartographic Society's / RGS Restless Earth programme. His current interests include military mapping, boundary issues and the development of military geography. Additionally he is a member of the Territorial Army's Geographic Branch of the Royal Engineers, through whom he deployed as a UK Geo Liaison Officer with the US Central Command. He is a Fellow of the RGS-IBG and a member of the British Cartographic Society.