General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS COMPONENT PARTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

194.0 cm

Width

143.0 cm

Height

137.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Photogrammetry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

DEVELOPED AND USED C. 1976 TO 1994 BY NRC & U OF ALBERTA. NEVER USED COMMERCIALLY.

Canada

THE ANAPLOT WAS DEVELOPED AT NRC, AND WAS A REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT IMPACTING NOT ONLY TRADITIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING, BUT MEDICINE, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING, ETC. (REF.1) THIS INSTRUMENT IS THE PROTOTYPE, AND SOLE CDN MFD VERSION OF THE FINAL ANAPLOT MACHINE. (REF.1)

Function

TO CONSTRUCT A 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL FOR USE IN MAPPING.

Technical

IN 1953 THE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RESEARCH DIVISION, NRC BEGAN TO DEVELOP A METHOD TO DERIVE MATHEMATICALLY THE CO-ORDINATES NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THE 3-DIMENSIONAL MODELS USED IN MAPPING. CALLED THE ANALYTICAL PLOTTER, LATER ANAPLOT, THE DEVICE USED A PRECISE STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING SYSTEM AND RECORDER HOOKED UP TO A DEC COMPUTER, AND WAS ABLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY VIEW AN AERIAL PHOTO & CONSTRUCT A 3-D MODEL FOR A MAP OF THE AREA. THE PLOTTER CAN CONVERT ANY PHOTO INTO A MAP BECAUSE IT USES GEOMETRICAL & MATHEMATICAL CONSTRUCTIONS, SO ANY CHANGES IN SCALE, DIMENSION OR DISTORTION ARE FACTORED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 No mfr's plate or markings. All controls on keyboard are labelled. All wiring & computer connections identified by labelled tags attached to cables./.2 No mfr's plate or markings. Handwritten instructions with diagram taped inside, top compartment of console: titled in part "110/220 Volts Console Jumper Box".

Missing

ORIGINAL DEC COMPUTER PDP-11 MISSING. OTHER ORIGINAL PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. From CA of 12/14/1998 by Myles Bailey: No - Complete

Finish

.1 LARGELY OFF-WHITE PEBBLE- TEXTURED CONSOLE, WITH BRIGHT BLUE, GREY & BLACK DETAILING & COMPONENT PARTS; SMOKED GLASS PANELS; BRUSHED SILVER TRIM/.2 OFF-WHITE PEBBLE-TEXTURED COMPUTER RACK HAS BLACK & SILVER DETAILING.

Decoration

N/A