Automatic Type/Symbol-Placement Developments.

Abstract

This report covers current efforts, including both in-house and contracted work, by the Automated Cartography Branch of the U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratorics (USAETL) toward development of an automated type/symbol-placement system for the production of topographic maps. Investigations into computer generated type and plotting methods are reported in six categories: (1) Hershey Typographic System; (2) mechanical plotter with Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) plotting head; (3) electron beam recording; (4) raster drum-scanner/plotter approach; (5) digital editing equipment; and (6) digital type/symbol-font acquisition.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA013977

Entities

People

  • John H. Garlow

Organizations

  • Geospatial Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Automatic
  • Cartography
  • Cathode Ray Tubes
  • Computers
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Engineers
  • Maps
  • Plotters
  • Plotting
  • Processing Equipment
  • Production
  • Topographic Maps

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics