QUESTIONS TO BE RESOLVED IN DETERMINING A CHIP SYSTEM CONCEPT FOR NPIC

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: June 28, 1968
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1, IC/TSSG/PPS
28 June 1968
QUESTIONS TO.BE RESOLVED IN DETERMINING
A CHIP SYSTEM CONCEPT FOR NPIC
1. What type of chips may be required, or improve the operating
efficiency, for the Center, i.e. Interpretation Chips, Data Base
Chips, or Reference Chips. For definition of each, refer to
Photo Chip Standardization Report?
2. If different type of chips are required or desirable (as
referenced above) should they be proportional (or the same size)
and be (semi) interchangeable in equipment usage, i.e.a common
storage and retrieval concept for all types, or should they all
be considered independently?
3.. Where will tie chips be made (answer for all types)?
4. Who will, make the selection or how will the selection be made?
5. Will Target Delineation Chips be useful.in making chip selection?
6. How many copies of each will be required by NPIC? By the Community-
of-NPIC is responsible for generating.
7. What accountability and/or control techniques are essential? Are
desired?
8. What storage and retrieval capability is required? Will it be
the same for all types?
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SUBJECT: Questions To Be Resolved in Determining a Chip System
Concept for NP1C
9. Is it more efficient and/or cheaper to mass reproduce multiple
copies for dissemination and destruction or retention, or to produce
a minimum of copies for close central control and selective loan
purposes?
10. What quality standards are required for each type?
11. What handling techniques are best with each given storage and
retrieval concept.
12. If chips are received in lieu of multiple copies of roll
film, what will our requirements for roll film continue to be?
Copies of complete mission coverage? Copies of concentrated
target type coverage (selected frame roll printing)?
14. If film is received (in quantity) only in concentrated target
coverage, what is the probability of it having to be hand chipped
prior to complete exploitation? prior to partial exploitation?
15. If NPIC is responsible for the chip se lection'for community
dissemination, what is the probability of community acceptance,
or partial acceptance? Will a Target Delineation Chip in connection
with ephemeris or coordinate selection make community acceptance
more feasible?
16. How many chips are envisioned in a target delineation file,
to be maintained by NPIC as charged in the National Tasking Plan?
17. Vrnat is the cost effectiveness and/or operational expediency
effectiveness of a full blown chip system as opposed to present
reproduction and dissemination procedures.
18. What interrelationships will any chip system concept have with
computer capability?
19. What effect will a chip concept have on our Materials
Handling concept? On our Information Handling concept?
20. What Materials Handling problems will a chip. system concept
case, supplement, or do away with?
21. What Materials Handling problems will a chip system generate?
22. What impact will a Reference Chip system have on our Information
Handling concept?
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