COMOR MAPPING, CHARTING AND GEODESY WORKING CROUP, MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROOM 5B2830 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, LANGLEY, 1400-1530, 1 JULY 1966

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Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 5B2830
Central Intelligence Agency, Langley
1400-1530, 1 July.1966
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COMOR MAPPING, CHARTING, AND GEODESY WORKING GROUP
Deputy Chairman Mr. A. M. Eldrid e, AFNIN
DTA CIA
Mr. M. W. Matthews, OACSI
Chairman
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. G. W. Wolfe, ONI
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Mr. K. W. Rinehart., OACSI
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Purpose of Meeting
O/Chairman, COMOR
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1. The Chairman stated that the primary purpose of the
meeting was to consider final revisions to the paper on "MC&G
Requirements fo which resulted first,
from discussions in the COMOR on 22 June 1966 and secondly, from
a DoD review to update requirements for photogrammetric control
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MC&G Requirements
2. a. presented a revised statement
for the accuracy requirements for a photogrammetric
control network required to permit the orderly production
of maps and charts to the accuracy requirements stt forth
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in subject paper for. map and chart production. It was
explained that the revised statement (attached) resulted
from analyses prepared by Army and Air Force
representatives and discussed in detail in the conference
in St Louis on 28 June .1966. Following the discussion,
the Working Group,accepted the xevised - statement of
accuracy requirements with minor rewording, not
involving substantive changes.
b. The Chairman proposed for acceptance
some revised wordings of the recommendations in
subject paper. The order of presenting the recommenda-
tions was. reversed as had been. recommended. Revised
wording, which was based upon discussions in. the COMOR
called for much less emphasis on studies by the NRO to
find ways that might provide desirable and economical
tradeoffs in meeting geodetic requirements. After
discussion,. it was concluded that the NRO should not
-only remain cognizant of the state-of-the-art, but should
also devote at least a. limited effort to studies that could
provide consideration. of these tradeoffs. -Revised
language was: developed calling for the NRO to continue
to consider improvements that could be made. Further
changes. were made in the recommendations clarifying
the annual coverage requirements outside the Sino-
Soviet area.
c. In the way of additional comments on the
above subject, spoke in behalf of gaining
recognition and acceptance of MC&G requirements as an
important part of the total national requirement..
I lof NRO indicated that the COMOR
paper on above subject, with. revisions as. discussed,
would provide satisfactory guidance to the NR.O.
Mr. Matthews wanted assurance that there would be
full technical cooperation between the NRO and the
MC&G utilization community. The Chairman indicated
that this was intended as the normal operating procedure
and it was expected that the utilization community would
assist. NRO in finding the best solutions to MC&G requirements.
Mr. Eldridge pointed out that those requirements supporting
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mapping and charting requirements were regional
in nature and did not have the world-wide accuracy
relationship required for the operation of long range
missiles. I reiterated policy statements
made previously that the accuracy requirements set
forth in subject paper represented the up-to-date
accuracy requirements. However, these require-
ments were subject to change due to weapons systems
development, operational tactics/and the very process
of investigating and validating requirements within the
Department of Defense. As significant changes are
made in these accuracy requirements emanating from
the Department of Defense, revised data will be furnished
the COMOR and the NRO.
d. With respect to future plans, the Chairman
indicated that he hoped to obtain approval of the revised
subject paper in the COMOR meeting on Thursday, 7 July,
and in the USIB the following week.
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3. a. I referred to a draft paper
prepared by the NRO representing a summary of
MC&G requirements. This paper was circulated to
the MC&G Working Group members on 29 June. It
was noted that the NRO prepared summary was in
accord with the MC&G requirements paper, except
that when a range was shown such as pertains to the
vertical requirement, the most stringent interpretation
of the requirement statement was set forth. It was
concluded that while the NRO may wish to see what
solutions could be proposed toward the most stringent
circumstances, it was intended that the language of the
current requirements paper provide the basic guidance.
It was noted that this paper also referred to the need
to develop criteria as to attitude data, orbital data,
time data , and other similar data. It was concluded
that this type of information should be obtained by NRO
working directly with technical representatives of the DoD.
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. b. I indicated that in response
to questions originating wit of CIA concerning
evaluation criteria for KH-4 photography, the DoD had in
hand.a revised statement (see paragraph 2 of MCGWG-M.
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possibly others on. this subject in the near future, it was
concluded that a statement of these criteria would be
furnished the Chairman. of the MCGWG and. disseminated
for review as appropriate.
Chairman
COMOR MC'&G Working Group
Attachment:
(see paragraph 2a above)
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4, ,5 Army TCO,(Mr. Matthews)
6, 7 Navy TCO (Mr. Wolf)
8, 9 Air Force TCO (Mr. Eldridge)
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12, 13 NRO
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16 State TCO (Mr. Moyer)
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18 CIA COMOR Member
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