Historical information

The main tasks undertaken by technicians operating the KLIMSCH Commodore large format camera were enlargements and reductions of map reproduction material. seen in photo .1P is at the operating console. See item 6189.4P for more information and photos of CPL Whaling operating the KLIMSCH camera. Orthophoto mapping provided the Survey Corps with the capability to produce map products quickly in the event of a crisis. These are four photographs of equipment used by the Army Survey Regiment to produce orthophotomaps. The WILD OR1 orthophoto projector and workstation shown in photos .3P and .4P was introduced in the mid-1980s. It was the second-generation equipment used to orthorectify colour and monochrome film aerial photography, replacing the system introduced in 1973. See items 6124.5P and 6133.4P for more photographs of orthorectification equipment.

Physical description

These four photographs of KLIMSCH large format camera and Wild OR1 orthorectification equipment was taken at the Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna, Bendigo, c1986. The colour photographs are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 96 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) - Photo, colour, c1986, CPL John Whaling operating the KLIMSCH Camera.
.2) - Photo, colour, c1986, large format film developer.
.3) - Photo, colour, c1986, WILD OR-1 Orthorectification Workstation operated by CPL Dave Jobe.
.4) - Photo, colour, c1986, WILD OR-1 Orthorectification Workstation.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .4P – There are no annotations.