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Watch Data for Decision (1968) Online

  • RUNTIME: 0h 22m
  • COUNTRIES: Canada

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 couldn't handle the vast amount of information that is collected. A new kind of computer (an “instant library”), the Canada Land Inventory Geo-information System, was developed to help manage and develop Canadian land. This film examines the workings of this new and mysterious machine. Read More

Watch Data for Decision online. Featuring Richard Gilbert, Data for Decision is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Canada and was released on 1968. Data for Decision was directed by Arthur Lipsett,David Millar. Read Less