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SUSTAINING MEMBERS
Sustaining members of the American Society of Photogrammetry
are engaged in every aspect of research, development, manufacturing,
and providing photographic and photogrammetric services to Federal,
State, and local government agencies, and commercial enterprises.
Significant accomplishments cited by sustaining members are described
in the following paragraphs.
ARTOGRAPH, INC.
Edwin C. Hirschoff
The new Model 55C-2 Map-O-Graph direct opaque projector will be k J
introduced and demonstrated at the Helsinki ISP Congress. The new
instrument has six major improvements over the 55C. Most notable are
a 50% increase in illumination, with 600 and 900-watt stages, a
completely new transport System providing precise and smooth motion,
and an easy-to-read scale readout system for logging scales. The
scale range is 1/5 to.5X..A number of new accessories extend the
capabilities of the Map-O-Graph. A microfilm adapter, a 10X scale
adapter, 9 X 9 aerial roll film adapter, and a new transparency
illuminator using closely spaced cold Cathode Argon Mercury tubing
extend performance to working with virtually any type or size of
imagery, from microfilm, 70mm chips or 9 X 9 negatives or transparencies,
to large printed maps, charts, or other opaque material.
BENDIX RESEARCH LABORATORIES
U. V. Helava
Bendix Research Laboratories have been in the forefront of
instrument development using advanced technologies. e Ó
The epipolar scan stereomapper (AS-11B-X), whose design principles
were revealed in the Ottawa Congress (Helava and Chapelle, 1972), was
constructed and is in operation (Brumm and Scarano, 1975). This
instrument produces dense digital terrain models (grid-point elevations)
rapidly and accurately from various kinds of input materials (Elphingstone,
1976). Another technical accomplishment is the development of the
ARME (Automatic Reseau Measurement Equipment) (Roos, 1975). This
instrument measures reseau coordinates very rapidly and accurately,
and is ready for production use. Putting prototype instruments to
production use seems to be a rule rather than an exception. The same
happened to the RPIE (Replacement of Photographic Imagery Equipment)
(Jones, 1976). This instrument is capable of performing many tasks,
but may be best understood as a very high speed, very high resolution,
off-line orthoprinter capable of using various kinds of photographic
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