Automation and Cartography

In view of recent developments in automation and high-speed data processing, it is appropriate to ask, Do possibilities for automation exist in cartography?

Abstract

A UTOMATION, it would seem, is here to stay. Advantages in speed and accuracy seem likely to make the use of computing machinery more common, despite the relatively high initial cost. In view of recent developments in automation and high-speed data processing, it is appropriate to ask, Do possibilities for automation exist in cartography? And if so, where can these possibilities be found? In order to answer these questions, the preparation of maps should be viewed as a complex dataprocessing system. Certain similarities then become apparent between data processing in general and cartographic processing in particular.