Klaus Barwinski and Heinz Bruggemann Landesvermessungsamt ...

(1) be approximately three times faster than the conventional
manual approach;
(2) be less expensive, especially as the work volume
increases;
(3) be easier and quicker to maintain and update;
(4) provide an "end" product which would be a total
information base with infinitely more flexibility than the
conventional map.
PILOT PROJECT
Formation
Although the CAM approach appears to be far superior to the
manual approach, it must be pointed out that much of the data on
the existing maps and the time, cost and performance projections
were not very definitive, and that to obtain more meaningful
information a significant amount of mapping would have to be
performed using a CAM system.
From the foregoing conclusions came the recommendation that the
participating agencies undertake a one year pilot project using a
computer assisted mapping system to obtain more definitive
information regarding manpower, equipment costs and overall
benefits for computer assisted map conversion and maintenance.
The task force spent almost a year establishing the parameters of
the pilot project, doing preparatory work such as field survey
and photogrammetry, selecting a system supplier, negotiating with
labour unions representing operators from each of the
participants, selecting and training operators, and convincing
their respective managements that the computer assisted mapping
technology was sufficiently advanced to recommend the leasing of
such a system for the pilot project.
Some of our more successful arguments were that firstly, our
Federal Government was recommending that the country would
convert to metric measurement and secondly, that some of the
other large map users were "leaning" very heavily towards the use
of computer assisted technology and we did not want to fall
behind. A third argument, which may very well have been the most
convincing one, was that in the long term there could be some
staff reductions.
The Burnaby Joint Utility Mapping Pilot Project (BJUMP) began
operation in 1976 December when we took delivery of a Synercom
ST-700 mapping system. For the next fourteen months members of
BJUMP worked with the technology to assess all facets of
computer-aided map production and maintenance.
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