A DEVICE FOR SEMIAUTOMATIC PLOTTING OF THE PROFILE OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE FROM TOPOGRAPHIC CHARTS,

Abstract

The Author introduces a device for semiautomatically charting a profile of the earth's surface from topographic maps. The instrument contains a mechanical profilograph, a unit for monitoring and control, and units for extraction of information. To simplify the design and to obtain information on the local terrain in digital form, machine code, or as a graph, the profilograph is made in the form of a curvometer mechanism with a roller which is connected through gearing to an electrically coding disc. Brushes contacting the disc are used to convert linear motion to electrical pulses which are then counted by reversible counters with the results being transmitted to the information extraction unit. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 1969
Accession Number
AD0694806

Entities

People

  • I. I. Kanatov
  • V. S. Akentev
  • Yu. K. Polosin

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Extraction
  • Machine Languages
  • Maps
  • Monitoring
  • Plotting
  • Reversible
  • Semiautomatic
  • Software Development
  • Topographic Maps

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference