Degree of 
Automation 
TASKS 
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Project Plan Table 1 
Flight Mission 
  
Preparations 
  
Aerotriangulation 
  
Compilation 
  
Complete Manuscript 
  
  
  
  
   
using 16 
  
Fair Drawing 
  
has to be recorded. Since one cannot use an eraser and a pencil to change 
and add data on disk, an interactive graphic system allows bringing the 
raw data (pencil manuscript) to the final form as specified in the map 
contract (fair drawing). 
Let us now assess the degree of automation which has been reached in the 
different tasks mentioned. The first process, flight planning, clearly is 
completely done by a photogrammetrist, Therefore Table ! shows O degree 
of automation. Taking photographs has reached over the years quite a high 
degree of automation; intervalometer, viewfinder, exposure meter and 
other auxiliary camera equipment provide for almost automatic exposures. 
The same holds true for the photographic lab process though to a lesser 
degree. Preparing the photographs for subsequent measuring is again left 
to the photogrammetrist. We may assign a high degree of automation to the 
aerotriangulation because the block adjustment is fully computerized, 
with the exception of defining the different input parameters, of course, 
and with the exception of interpreting the results. 
The process of compiling the maps on a stereoplotter, regardless of its 
type, has virtually no automation, aside from some computer assistance 
for orientation, recording and plotting. Editing the pencil manuscript and 
producing the final product is a manual process in traditional 
photogrammetry. Although using an interactive graphic system automates 
this phase, a great dea! of human interaction is stil] necessary; hence, the 
degree of automation is modest. 
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