Historical information

This collection of five photos was most likely taken in 1980. Wild PUG4 point transfer devices were used by technicians in Air Survey Squadron to stereoscopically view the photography containing the survey control points and the mapping aerial photography. The Control points were transferred from the control photography to the mapping diapositives of aerial photography by drilling their locations into the photographic emulsion. The Zeiss (Jena) Stecometer analytic stereocomparator for air photography was introduced at Air Survey Squadron in 1963. Aerotriangulation production was expedited using computers for analytical photogrammetric processes. The technician accurately measured between pass, tie, and survey control points on aerial photographs.

Physical description

Air Survey Squadron Aerotriangulation Section - Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo. c1980.

This is a set of five photographs of Air Survey Squadron personnel operating aerotriangulation equipment at the Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna, Bendigo, c1980. Photographs .1P to .4P are on 35mm negative film and were scanned at 96 dpi. Black and white photo .5P is on photographic paper and was scanned at 300 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1980, Wild PUG4 point transfer device, unidentified technician.
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1980, Wild PUG4 point transfer device, unidentified technician.
.3) - Photo, black & white, c1980, Wild PUG4 point transfer device, unidentified technician.
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1980, Zeiss (Jena) Stecometer, unidentified technician.
.5) - Photo, black & white, c1980, Zeiss (Jena) Stecometer.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .5P No personnel are identified.