ADP BRIEFING FOR THE STAFF OF CD/BI , 9 DECEMBER 1965
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP79-01154A000600040008-3
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RIPPUB
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C
Document Page Count:
3
Document Creation Date:
November 9, 2016
Document Release Date:
March 8, 1999
Sequence Number:
8
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Publication Date:
December 21, 1965
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MFR
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~~~~:~~~'~~ .~~)~' Bri~:P#~: ~'ar the Staff oP CD/EI: 9 December 195
'~hE~ bx~ie~'ing SJas essentially a progress r
sport on p2ann5.~g for
e*.~.tam~ted ~rac~.~apincJ. :~er~ause much was near material, the }~ux~rx~se of this mi
r is to docent that information.
o Bae?.1..~;xound
as ~'ar tl~tse a~.a'~'~3:Liar with autcrmatecl. mapping, a brief expis~t3.an
,i~ in arder ~> Znitia~;~~ the ordinate of at~y mappable feature ~.,~ x+scorded. m
the Pesttzre is a l,ia~t, such as a boundaxy, a seC,,ue~atisl. series of c~or-
diristes is ~?egist+ered. ~ discrete point, such s~,s a city, is a si.ngl.e coor?
d~>axate?r ~L ~~lue T be recorded initially a~ a geographical coordix~.tea
x.~e~~~ , ~:~ecs~,tse thisiS a very time-consuzDixag ,dab ~ it is better to record
pointy ~.n c~~sian ~e.~4 Cal,led X-Y) fort ueix~ a eiectro-meChexliCS.~, device
such ~.s a d4;~it~.~ex. ai GesB.guter is newt emlolsy~. ?~, coxa~ert the csrt~s3.az~
c~arr.~:i.n~tes ~.nto ~;eeagramh9Cak~ coord3rs~te.~. These ~xoixtts, on~ae :~,n praper
d~~,git. f'ca~a on maghet3.c tape, disk, or punched. c?d. ca~z be xecall.ed., with
s :lf.~roit~tions, Par ~.tse in axXy pra~eCt3.on at at~- scale . T~xe ccamputer is
'wed, tc+ cax~cert x~eedec~. cocvrdinates :f'.rem geo~mphic to cr~rrt~sf.sn Forxn~
~..~e eu~t~.C plotter that oats the resulting ma~,~aet~ic tape to plot the re-
c~~xed lines and. pai~.tss,
b ry The Wor:~d Bata Bank Co~mnittee made a pre.~.3.rn~tna~ stud' of the
f.dta af4 p3.scl.~3g world plenf~xeta~r? into d3.gital Form Pope later autc~natic plot-
ti~g-s .~ s~~stem oP arbf.trari],~r ntmtbered line seg~ents axra~~d by continents
'eras de~is~.. To test this ~achsmC, a silation was. carxied otxt with success~-
f`ul resul.t8 ~ The ~?ff"ices of+ Computer Seruices ~(~S~ them undtrtc~k a prelim?
inary study ~aased n the w+csrk of the Ca~.tt~e. The study has not yep been
cc~pl.~;.t~xi o
~. Tht: ~xttu'e ~`yaet~n
a n The s~rs~~;ez~ of tht future ta-Ill r~uire three main c~npon~zata a
1x~.ti~.17y, there must be a digitising device, thexx ~ e~nputers and lastly an
eut~at:~+e patter. ~. digitiser has been scheduled. far purchase in &"Y 1967,
Tae Compa~.ter, located :~.rr. the Computer Centex, iae and will continue to be
a~ai2able. Currently we sArs using the platter beloragixsg to the office of
~e~i~l. ~9Ctivitier~ ~ASi~) oP the DA/S&i'. Cn l~ .~anu~yr 1966, C~CS will re-
C+~ive its ~ interim plotter while awal.t~ing a rare pr. e+:ise mnciel. achedu7.ed
f'or de? i~~r r on l~