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- OBJECT TYPE
- ANALYTICAL/STEREOSCOPIC
- DATE
- 1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0368.001
- MANUFACTURER
- OTTICO MECCANICA ITALIANA
- MODEL
- AP-1C
- LOCATION
- Rome, Italy
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 50957
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 152.0 cm
- Width
- 133.0 cm
- Height
- 153.5 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
- OTTICO
- Country
- Italy
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Rome
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- THIS MODIFIED VERSION OF OMI AP-1C USED C.1963-1990. THIS TYPE OF PLOTTER USED C.1963-EARLY 1970S.
- Canada
-
PRINCIPAL OF ANALYTICAL PLOTTER DEV'T BY U.V. HELAVA AT NRC, OTTAWA & INVENTION DISCLOSED IN 1957. FOUR MODELS PRODUCED BETWEEN C.1957-1963. MODEL AP-1C BUILT AT NRC (EXCEPT FOR OPTICAL-MECHANICAL PART BUILT BY OMI, ITALY). ANAPLOT, A THIRD GENERATION ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT DEV'T IN MID-1970S BY NRC & BUILT BY ISTRONICS LTD. STITTSVILLE, ON. CANADIAN MARCONI CO. ACQUIRED NRC ANAPLOT LICENCE C.1977-1978. - Function
-
TO PROVIDE CO-ORDINATES NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS USED IN MAPPING, ETC., BY MATHEMATICAL MEANS. CHANGES IN SCALE, DIMENSION, OR DISTORTION IN PHOTOS CAN BE FACTORED INTO MODEL BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION BASED ON GEOMETRICAL & MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATION. [REF.4, P.106]. - Technical
-
THIS UNIT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ANALYTICAL STEREOPLOTTERS MFD. BY NRC & OMI. IT IS A CIVILIAN PROTOTYPE MODEL. USING A PRECISE, STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING SYSTEM & RECORDER LINKED TO A COMPUTER (ORIGINALLY A PACKARD- BELL PB250) THE PLOTTER WAS ABLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY VIEW AN AERIAL PHOTO & CONSTRUCT A 3-D MODEL FOR A MAP OF THE AREA. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'MADE IN ITALY' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON BOTH SIDE PANELS. MFR'S PLATES SCREWED TO BOTH SIDE PANELS READ: 'OTTICO MECCANICA ITALIANA/ NISTRI/ OMI/ ROMA/ NO. 50957'/ INVENTORY OR EQ. NO. DECAL ON FRONT RIGHT SIDEREADS: 'B.C.I.T./ 51500'. MOST CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS, ETC. LABELLED.
- Missing
- COMPUTER, INTERFACE & PLOTTING TABLE COMPONENTS MISSING. STEREOPLOTTER INCOMPLETE.
- Finish
- MOST COMPONENTS, INCLUDING MAIN UNIT CASING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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OTTICO MECCANICA ITALIANA, Plotter, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1991.0368, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0368.001/
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