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035 _a(Sirsi) u10752
041 _aeng
100 _aHazell, T.
245 _aInvestigating digitised mapping techniques
260 _c1987
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490 _aChartered Surveyor Weekly
_v21(7) 12 November 1987, 29-30(2)
520 _aReports on the work of digitising mapping data in Britain, which started in 1975 but only became a national priority three or four years ago. Describes the digitising of the National Grid by the Ordnance Survey , efforts by local authorities , notably Cheshire and Dudley to digitise planning data and a field trial of a digital records base carried out by the National Joint Utilities Council in 1982. Concludes with a look at work being carried out by Pinpoint Analysis to pinpoint the precise geographic position, to within 1 metre of every address in Britain.
650 _aCOMPUTERS
650 _aDIGITAL MAPPING
650 _aGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
650 _aLAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
690 _aPRACTICE AND TECHNIQUES
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948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c6832
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