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Photograph - Technical Tour of the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1984

  • Technical Tour - Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo. c1984.

    Technical Tour - Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo. c1984. .1) - unidentified visitors, CAPT Rob John, MAJ Jim Mitchell, unidentified. .2) - unidentified visitor. .3) - unidentified visitor. .4) - unidentified SGT .5) - L to R: LTCOL Jorge Gruszka, unidentified visitors. .6) - L to R: SGT George Timmins, unidentified visitors.

  • Technical Tour - Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo. c1984.

    Technical Tour - Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo. c1984. .7) - MAJ John Charland – US Exchange Officer. .8) - L to R: unidentified visitors and personnel, MAJ John Charland – US Exchange Officer. .9) - unidentified visitors and personnel, MAJ John Charland – US Exchange Officer in background. .10) - L to R: MAJ Bob Roche, CAPT Mick Byrne in Officers Mess.

  • Technical Tour - Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo. c1984.
  • Technical Tour - Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo. c1984.

Historical information

This collection of 10 photos was most likely taken in 1984. It’s evident in these photos the visitors were taken on a tour through the production areas of Air Survey Squadron, with Wild B8 photogrammetic plotting workstations featured in the first three photos and demonstrations of the AUTOMAP 2 production system in the following photos. The AUTOMAP 2 system was an upgrade to the AUTOMAP 1 system comprising Intergraph graphic edit workstation terminals networked to VAX 750/785 main frame computers. Unlike AUTOMAP 1, operators could display digital topographic features on monitors for editing. Successful adaptation of this system meant RASvy was at the forefront of digital mapping/cartographic systems in Australia and overseas. The system comprised Input (B8 feature extraction) Raster Scanning (digitising from compilation sheets, Graphic Edit (cartographic completion) and Plot Verification Sub Systems. CAPT Rob John was the project officer responsible for the acceptance trials and implementation of AUTOMAP 2. The system was operational from 1984 to its ‘Newheart’ upgrade in 1993. Throughout its life, the system was progressively refined with productivity gains, achieved from award winning technical development in-house by talented and innovative Army Survey Regiment personnel.

Physical description

This is a set of 10 photograph of a technical tour of the Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna, Bendigo, c1985.
The photographs were printed on 35mm photographic proofing paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 600 dpi.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1984, unidentified visitors, CAPT Rob John, MAJ Jim Mitchell, unidentified.
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1984, unidentified visitor.
.3) - Photo, black & white, c1984, unidentified visitor.
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1984, unidentified SGT
.5) - Photo, black & white, c1984, L to R: LTCOL Jorge Gruszka, unidentified visitors.
.6) - Photo, black & white, c1984, L to R: SGT George Timmins, unidentified visitors.
.7) - Photo, black & white, c1984, MAJ John Charland – US Exchange Officer.
.8) - Photo, black & white, c1984, L to R: unidentified visitors and personnel, MAJ John Charland – US Exchange Officer.
.9) - Photo, black & white, c1984, unidentified visitors and personnel, MAJ John Charland – US Exchange Officer in background.
.10) - Photo, black & white, c1984, L to R: MAJ Bob Roche, CAPT Mick Byrne in Officers Mess.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .10P No personnel are identified

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