Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

Secret U.S. Army team led by Geodesist Floyd Hough (HOUGHTEAM) captures vast quantities of German photogrammetric equipment, geodetic, and cartographic data

• Secret U.S. Army team led by Geodesist Floyd Hough (HOUGHTEAM) captures vast quantities of German photogrammetric equipment, geodetic, and cartographic data

• Geodetic archives of the German Army hidden in secret warehouse in Saalfeld
• Data included first-order geodetic surveys of large parts of Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
• 90 tons of captured materials
• Secured a nucleus of German geodesists
• Much remained secret till 1990s