III. INFORMATION PROCESSING AND EXPLOITATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05171A000500010008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 33
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 29, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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CL_i- ei' to oe= i'orm more and be -it en work without
si I1i_ica ni increases in manpower .
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se 'v~ is the basis for de elo ping an in-house
al.i ;_ course to supplenlent .t'
11C Defense lrainillg
c) .COI";~a'ral ? Ve tests to !"-0,)
ure the per?orma.ucc
o~ imagery
analysts
and p?10"i Ogre nl:il~^ti`1St5 were designed
1cI11inistercci; the results showed that imagery
analysts could
Illonsur:at ion tasks, which
to .rec.uir e the services
had 'prev iously been thought
of a skilled photojrap .etr~st . .
c!) A Technology, - i n on
has been developed for gathering
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imagery analyst
pe~forrnancc.data under cpntralled conditions.
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During ^1? 1970 the development, of the suppicltlcnt.?ry
1.11-house tr i1~3 n g progr.rn should b.. completed Research
opti c a l
instruments on .visual per orrnance will be' 01
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FY 1.971--73
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procedures
euuii~rrielt} for eXploxtill"' -this type of` film. Dy
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detern ne t e effect of the cower ehce angle of
FY 1970 and 'completed in FY 1972. During
rtilulllc~ll end ineering'r. aspect 0~ E Yp101~ 111,:
will be e..r.arnine with a view to
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((a) 1 t.1.1.L'Gll7 a five-`)e la-? p o] ectio]1 F:pj)" 02! li., the
funci:ic_is of the ii, : ery analyst and col late1-a1 Si-sportt
officer were analyzed to dctci'riinc possible areas of
appllca':)i1:ity for nu tomation of manual ope raitions .
In the future, photogrraphic imagery may well be
supplemented for analysis purposes by line-scan imagery
(ca th?.o .e ray tube). An elementary study was undertaken
to determine the level of resolution of line-sca n imag ezy,
as compared with photographic iiik.g-ery, deemed necessary
for exploitation by the imagery analyst.
(,~1 A reviewwi, of articles pertaining to imagery ery e; ploi-
tftion research was conducted, and those relevant to
Center operations abstracted. Contacts were. estab-
ea t?.' e~.lrch and
with indur ~tri~_;1 and governmental rma~c~t-~.J
development facilities for the purpose of obtaining, on
human factor s information pertinent
a continain basis,,
to exuloitation equlnment design. The PI. C1t11~i?i1ent human
Engineering Design Guide, a sui~anary of physiological and
engineering information applicable to the design of imagery
exploitation hardi%rare, was updated by inclusion of specific'
sections pertaining to acoustics and. comparators.
( Recent studies have indicated that the convergence
angle of mtii.cros tereoscope eyepieces might influence visual
performance; preliminary research was undertaken to determine
the effect of the convergence angle of optical instruments
on visual performance.
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0ctiv ' ? To :~centi1y and evaluate the uni clue o
ve in.~oi'Y::" ion e ~~ ac i a le i om
o unconventional image= y and de terming e qu ity
c~ 1'y needed to meet ;C ouire=..en" S foi this mice Y ion.
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to be C_ awn as to ,he additive of complementary
which an
could provide, as comp ed
i ck _ GJiii ~C magery . In-house studies on th
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continue with mnnhasi s on various select
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