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if, for instance, (as is common practice with' land consolida 
tion tasks) per stereogram 800 boundary points had to be deter 
mined and if instead of a mechanical or electronical recording 
800 coordinate triples = 2,400 multidigit numbers had to be 
read visually and written down manually . 
One just remember how cumbersome, for instance, the calculation , 
construction , and fair draughting of a graticule would be were 
there no computer with the corresponding program and no plotter. 
A close cooperation between the disciplines of photogrammetry 
and cartography on the one side and the instrument manufactur 
ing industry oriented towards these disciplines on the other 
side should be advantageous for both sides not to mention the 
national economic aspect. The cooperation should be further 
intensified, at least in the field of cartography Î 
The expenditure of time in applying cartographic and photo- 
grammetric procedures is presently to a large extent dependent 
on the improvement of instrument technique and can only be con 
siderably reduced by this improved technique. Therefore, the 
further development of instrument technique is of utmost impor 
tance to both disciplines. 
Appendix: 
A. The Commissions of the International Cartographic 
Association (ICA) for the period 1976...1980: 
(1) Education in Cartography. 
Chairman: Prof. C. Koeman (Netherlands) 
(2) Multilingual Dictionary. 
Chairman: Prof. Dr. E. Meynen (Germany, FR) 
(3) Automation in Cartography. 
Chairman: D. Edson (USA)