ADP BRIEFING FOR THE STAFF OF CD/BI , 9 DECEMBER 1965

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CIA-RDP79-01154A000600040008-3
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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November 9, 2016
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March 8, 1999
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8
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Publication Date: 
December 21, 1965
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MFR
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Sanitized - Apprc`d ~" 5~'b~~~`.~n?~;l~~.k~ ~~ Z~B~ ~r'r'r ~ 21 December 1.~5 Leo/ ~-1 ~' A00060004~~ ~~~~:~~~'~~ .~~)~' 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~