Data for Decision

This short documentary is a portrait of the early era of computing and the process and implications of the digitization of large amounts of information Examining the arduous work of assessing and documenting the geographical landscape including sampling and analysis of soil forestry timber wildlife resources industrial sites and many other aspects we see that human beings alone couldnt handle the vast amount of information that is collected A new kind of computer an instant library the Canada Land Inventory Geoinformation System was developed to help manage and develop Canadian land This film examines the workings of this new and mysterious machine