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<br /> <br />problems that BLM has had in getting this underway and it's a new <br />kind of concern in terms of the planning, the approach and the <br />strategy, the techniques, the tools, skills, required to accomplish <br />something like that and see what the reaction is on the basis of <br />what we have heard. <br /> <br />Colonel Vandenberg. Before we get into that we have a couple <br />more questions over here. <br /> <br />Mr. Bunter. I have one question on your inventory data, have <br />you digitized any of your geographic data? <br /> <br />Mr. Pfulb. No, as a matter of fact just before I came over here, <br />I was in Denver, because we are ready to go out to contract for a <br />software contract on geographic digitizing and we are holding it up <br />based on, at least for awhile, till we can get our own act together <br />internally in BLM. The process, again we're in this position where <br />we have to get operational and on line, to make use of all this <br />stuff, while some of the other systems that are coming,' with the <br />Bureau, are not yet at that stage where they can be installed. So, <br />the answer to your question is no, we haven't yet, we have the equip- <br />ment, it's been installed, and it's in a holding pattern, till we <br />get either a contract, which we are proposing, and we have gone <br />through the advertising and the evaluation and ready to issue the <br />contract, but probably are going back to the contractor after what <br />we learned in Denver and go through some demonstrations and bench <br />mark tests to make sure he can actually perform what we need to have <br />done before we issue the contract. <br /> <br />Mr. Bunter. What scale maps will you be digitizing and what <br />grid size? <br /> <br />Mr. Pfulb. Basic scale is 1 to 500,000 and the 1 to 250,000. <br />The geo-base we would like to and we expect to get from the USGS, <br />but that's sometime done time down the road. So what we need is a <br />capability of going direct from hard copy field map data direct <br />into the data bank so we can produce these overlays, that way, as <br />well as read what's on the overlay, that is take as many as <br />20 overlays and have the computer read out and play with it, instead <br />of going from the alpha numeric stuff the other way. That's going <br />to take some time, because eventually I think the, it's clear in <br />the future, where the ADP System that BLM will be using will be <br />capable of dealing with land status, the whole works, but it's going <br />to be time in coming. <br /> <br />Mr. Bunter. Whey did you choose the SOD? <br /> <br />B-18 <br />