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Show i I - - \ Governnient Government Makes Aerial Maps of Ashley Forest Areas . I F > ( , r the past two t\\O t O \ months govern tovernn governn . n ' ci 1'1 11 ct t f"mpIOH"cs fmpIOHcs employees " employ ecs " under the dlrec direr direrLion dlrecI dlrectlon directlon tlon Lion of the forest department aepartment have havebN"u havebeen havet bN"u bNu been " > een taking aerial photocraphs photographs of ofthf ofthe ofthe I thf the " Ashley Nations National ! Forest to be beI beu"f"d beused beused u"f"d ufd used " In makinf making maps The photo photoRraph photographs photoKraphs I ( Rraph graphs " provide pN\idt pN idt ) \ ' the thl " basic oocic ; information informa informaIt Informatlon tion Ion for ground ound cn.wa cnwa cn"s cns crtws . . " a 0 o engin engln englnerrs engineers It "f"re fre errs { " " ; and surveyors liuneyor ' ! who RO go over o\er o er \ the theI thean"a thearea thearea I an"a ana area " photographed photographe 1 < with line andtrvr and andtr'll nndtni tr'll trll trvr ' s < ; t t and aecur seCUT recur- recur recurthe " - the data rela . . . lue tHe Lire to me&s mes mess & . ' ! irpnients IremE-nt.s IremEnt.s IremE nt.s nts tretnenLs - . and ! I1d dbtances distances dl-stanc dl stanc dbtanc distanc - es esTh esThe e Th The ( ' ainilane airplane iLsed used Il . .t t < . > d da'l \ was \\a'l a'l al ' a Cessna Cessnachartered ee Cessmchartered < ; sn'l snl sn'lchartprt"d ' chartprt"d chartprtd chartered " b bi bj ) the ' rederal F'f"deral Ffderal Federal " iSOem (01 01 iSO\ iSO gas ( \ em cr'r crr cr'rm emmrnt cmm'nt cmmnt ' mrnt m ' ' nt from a Den\er Den er Denver \ com compan's compans company pan ' ' It Itis ItLs is \ . < ; plated p IJ loted bv by R L Ora Ora\es Ora es Graves H"S HS \ " also ofDen of ofDf"n ofDen Df"n Dfn Den " er ' The 'TIw TIw photographer photop-a4 photop a4 - > her L Ls is < ; JohnMyres JollO John JohnMyrcs Myres } 'T't Tt ' ' ! who ho gIH gives " < ; the < ; same aml " address addressMr addre addressMr < ; . < ; Mr MrhTM Mv-res Mv res \hTM hTM Mvres ! \ - rpports rl'port rlport reports ' < ; that In the two twomonths t o omonths omonths months the\ the they thehae the \ , ha\e ha e have ha\ ha hal'n \ { " ( > been l'n ln ' on the job jobhert jobhere Jobhere hert here ' theha the\ the they thehave \ ha have hae \e e \ { been boen able to ake Rke eke . . . . pictures only omy three days He statesthat states statesthat statesthat that In order to make the photo photo- photographs photographs photographs - - graphs the days muat must boa b- b balmost b - almost almostcIoudle almostcloudless almostcloudless cIoudle cloudless 5 ' > as lIS clouds either atwve above the theplane theplane theplane plane or below blot out forest sur surface surface surface face In the pictureIn picture pictureIn In three das days da } s work however Mr MrMyres MrMyres MrMyre Myres * pointed pointt'd pointtd ' out that a sufficient sufficientnumbt sufficientnumber sufficientnumber numbt number > r of photographs haveen have -en en men mentaken - entRken entaken tRken taken to keep kpep a ground ( round crew busy bwy - - . . for aome BOrne some time About half of the theJob thejob theJob Job has been completed completNi Whetherany Whether Whetherany Whetherany any more work can be done this thisfall thisfall thisfall fall depends on the nature of th thei theiw theweather theweatherThe w " eather ea th r eatherThe The pictures p1cture"i p1cturei . " are taken at a aheight aheight ahelht height ( of 23 23000 000 feet ft"et ftet " At that I\ltJ I ltJ sill silltude IltJtude \ ultltude tude one Is com comfortable forta hi ( " In hiswoolens his his'ooleru hiswoolen \\'ooleru 'ooleru ooleru woolens \ ' . * even In the summer The Theair Theair I 9.Ir 9Ir air . Is pretty thin . and e.nd end the flier flyers n } ers * - - - - . . mill muAt must t use ox\fen ox fen oxygen ox ' , \ gen Beflnning Beginning ' at at1COOO 18000 16 000 f feet t they the ) start drawinc drawing on ontheir ontheir ontheir their supply of oxyren oxygen The photographs photo- photo photographs photo-iraphs photo iraphs - - graphs are made on plates 7 inches inchesby Inchesby Inchesby by 9 Inches Each picture overlapsthe O\erlaps O erlaps overlaps Oerlapsthe \ overlapsthe the line llne of flight night by about sixty sixtyperc"nt sixtypercent sixtypercent perc"nt percnt percent ( " Every object Is found in inthe inthe Inthe the picture three different d1fferent Umes times UmesWhen timesWhen timesWhen When comple completed . about a.bout a thousandphotographs thousand thousandphotogr thousandphotographs photogr photographs .ph8 ph8 . will wUl have been taken LAken |