USE OF THE COMPUTER IN THE PREPARATION OF 'SOUTH VIETNAM: POPULATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS' BY GC/F

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01154A000600040021-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: May 18, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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18 may 1.96
SWI : Me of the C u:t ? I the Preparation of "South Vietnam-6
Pop l tion a Administrative Divisions" by GC/1
1. An urgent need. existed far a base map of south Vietnam depict-
ing ulBetio s, administrative divisions., and major transportation.
P ulation data . the boundaries of 241 second-order administrative
ut,its (districts and municipalities) were available but no known area
1"r7ewasuwe ''its existed. The probln then was to measure these administra-
tive units m d oa:1 culate the copulation density.
2. en sue the admUistrative units, they we re first bond-cut
f :w- a map at the acae of 1:400p000. The cutouts were taken to the
Geog m-p ' Division of the Bureau of Census,, where they were passed
tbronj h the ma p area cc xputer. This device then punched onto cards the
area ,sin ed in square inches.
3. A proEV= vas writt tt by the Scientific Branchp Applications
visi p Office of Coxgputer Services. She pmcbca and program were
fed into an M4 090 cc pater along v th the population fi.ga res . `.tile
3;?-:caul t? were a U sting district of squire mi les s square kth peters a
sac" population d ensitZr in both sq-,?ra miles and square kilometers and
a second list ,ng arranged in increasing density. The latter was used to
derive the aix pWati categories sb n on the map. Also obtained
f cet this pre eas were other statistics on percentages and average
densities .
4. tf the D/ ; 'l.o-muriter bad been operable at the tiiastep the
cute outpat could ve aute tica1ly set the ty a Tor the table on
the
Tsv.
Copies of the map and brochures the map area computer can be
obtained fx of D/tom and. of D/ GC.
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