Abstract
The Arecibo Observatory's primary reflector deforms, and measuring that deformation is a photogrammetric problem of unusual scale. This talk sets out the accuracy requirements, the simulation used to test whether they could be met, the image capture, and the adjustment and analysis that followed.
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Lynn Baker, Kenneth Edmundson. National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Geodetic Services, Inc., Melbourne, FL. Presented at the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 13-17, 2001. Coordinate Metrology Society, reference CMS-2001-012.