DR. WILLIAM L. DAVIDSON (Food Machinery and Chemical 

 Corporation): How can "new" firms acquire familiarity with pre- 

 sent "prototype" instruments in order to use this knowledge as a 

 "jumping off place" toward the objective of greatly improved 

 devices ? 



MR. J. M. SNODGRASS (SIO): In one of the letters of invitation 

 that were sent was a reference to the starting of an Encyclopedia 

 of Oceanographic Instruments . Apparently, there is sufficient 

 momentum behind this, and it begins to look as if this will 

 actually come to be. I think this will be a proper place to refer 

 to it at the moment. Also, the Instrument Society of America has 

 a Marine Science Division which is scheduling two meetings in 

 September. They run concurrently. One is in Los Angeles; the 

 other is at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in cooperation with 

 the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 



This will be a good opportunity to get acquainted with some of 

 the instrumentation and thought in the field. I urge you to look 

 these up if you are interested. 



I think the program reprints will appear again in the August 

 issue of the ISA Journal. Also, proceedings of these nneetings will 

 be available. 



MR. MORRIS PLOTKIN (Auerbach Electronics): What computer- 

 type equipment does the National Oceanographic Data Center now 

 have, and what are its expansion plans? 



MR. H. W. DUBACH (NODC): The present equipment we have now 

 is all of the IBM type. We use on a rental basis the 7070, which is 

 located in the Hydrographic Office. 



As far as expansion plans are concerned, this depends on the 

 needs of the oceanographic community. As we obtain more and 

 more oceanographic data, I am sure we will require more and 

 more computer time to process these data. As the analysts and 

 researchers require more and more statistical service, we will 

 require additional time to process the data in the manner requested. 

 It depends on the survey requirements of the next ten years as well 

 as the research requirements. 



MR. HORACE E. R. JONES (Electro-Chemical Corporation): 

 Have inertial navigational systems been used in oceanographic 

 survey work? 



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