The film describes the process of mapping using computers and other machines.
Cartographers at work.
Devices for making maps.
Surveying the terrain using modern devices.
Compact information carrier.
Aerial photography of the terrain.
A helicopter flies over the taiga.
Making maps using automated systems.
The information converted into digital form is entered into a computer.
Information is output to a special device.
The cartographer reads the information using a sighting device.
Scanning information.
A research vessel at sea.
Creating a map of the relief of the seabed (animation).
Entering information into a computer.
Computer operator.
Outputting cartographic information from a computer.
Computer-powered plotter.
Projections used to transfer information from the spherical surface of the Earth to the flat surface of a map (animation).
Teaching future cartographers how to use calculators and keyboard computers.
A lesson in the display classroom of the Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Photography and Cartography.
Plotting a map automatically.
A meteorologist takes readings.
The machine compiles meteorological and synoptic maps.
The "CASCADE" phototypesetter types geographic names.