The Contour Connection

As part of a geography course, students learn to do topographical surveys. A stroll at the Champlain lookout, in the Outaouais region, will allow them to familiarize themselves with the different methods in use from Samuel de Champlain to the present day. Finally, a visit to the Directorate of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, in Ottawa, will introduce them to a new device capable of automatically drawing contour lines. This film describes this new technique of digital mapping and gives us an overview of the progress it brings in this field.

• Release date
• January 1, 1983
• Runtime
• 28 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Colin Low

Cast

Walter Massey Narrator (voice) Tom Rack

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Ben Lev