THE JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD COMMITTEE ON GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATION ANNEX 'B' TO AGENDA OF MEETING ON TOPOGRAPIC MODELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01147A000400020003-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: AG

~=~ ~ Approve 19-011000400020003-0
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`i'H JCIi~TT 1tk~S;A1 -~-i i~,.l~i) I)L'V~LOPI.L1I BOARD
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*ARMY Declass/Release
Instructions On File*
1. `i'1Ze itEquest.
~.{'VVO T'ellef lobos SilOWlnt~ tOpO~~rc~i~i:xjT Off' thG lcrld ?r6~S
~~nd ocear.~ bottoras :riavo been requested by-- the l~csearch anal Devel-
o?rne~it Division of the tiVar Department Gc;ner~.~l Stai'f and
LNG, 000.00 have been e~:x~inarl?~c,d :Ibr tho~,r construction.
2. Lxistiix~~; r{e1:~cf Globes.
Several relief globes havF; been constructed in the United
~~~.tes and in of"rxer? couiztr;i.es, but the best availaT~le infort;~ation
ir:ciicates tlxat riorlt~ of. tl~iese Yyas been prepared at such a scale or
from sua?fic~.c~zitJ_f u;~-to-date to.,~o~r~:~~:~1ic and ~eodot:ic iriforril~~.tion
as 'to sG~.t;is'y tie pres~~nt do:ra?~~.ds oz the scientific bra~lches of
the Services. -
~'l~o lirfoz?ct had ~j l~.r~~; x?eli~_,f' ~;lobc prep:red during; the
vaar years, 'cut it .'t:1le?
(e) ti'~i1.1 it be r~~ecossary to cornpilo r new brio map
in corporati_ng ~tr.e latest inform~~tic~n from land
azici ~cF~an bottom surve,ysY ~~ho~~ld ti~is be done
ors a s~,~~~crics.l surfaco i .
(d) ?+~hat vertical scale would b~ most satisfactory?
(Qn a 1010, 000, 000 scale ~;l'obe, a vertical scale
of 30 to ~_ would make the i-i~rriiala;~as a littlo over
a:n i~:ich. high and I~~it. tilashington would be about
210 of an inch ~iigh).
tid}iat information should appear on the: finished
globe"
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(f) 6yhat Agency or Agencies of the Government could
construct the globe.? Is.thcre