Abstract
Harris had been fabricating solid shaped reflectors from one to thirteen metres across for more than 25 years, holding their surface profiles to stringent tolerances, and photogrammetry was the tried and true method: high accuracy, portable, light, tolerant of unstable conditions. Laser radar promised to reduce recurring labour cost and the supplemental materials that go with targeting, since it needs no targets at all. This talk sets out the current surface characterization process, the methodology used to compare the two, the comparison results, and – unusually and usefully – a labour study of what each method actually costs to run.
Cite this paper
Randy Fratena, Charles Mitchell. Harris Corporation, Government Communications System Division (GCSD), Melbourne, Florida. Presented at the Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference 2010, Reno, Nevada, July 12-16, 2010. Coordinate Metrology Society, reference CMS-2010-030.