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CONTENTS 
Introduction. 
Acknowledgement. 
1 The imaging procedure. Factors affecting the geometrical quality of image coordinates. 
1.1 Atmospheric refraction and curvature of the earth. Estimation of standard errors of corrections. 
1.2 The influence of refraction and curvature upon horizon images. 
1.3 Flatness defects of the image. 
1.31 The supporting plate in the film magazine. 
1.32 Film thickness variations. 
1.33 Localization of the silver grains in the emulsion. 
1.34 Flatness of glass plates. 
1.4 Irradiation halo effects. 
1.5 Emulsion and emulsion base stability. 
1.51 Drying of diapositive plates. 
1.52 Effect of dodging. 
1.53 Film shrinkage. 
1.54 Weight distribution of image coordinates. 
1.55 Test measurements in contact diapositives of aerial photographs. 
1.6 Tests of photographs from aerial cameras. 
1.61 Multicollimator tests. 
1.62 Oland field tests. 
1.63 Some correlation tests of image coordinate residuals. 
1.7 The accuracy of the elements of the interior orientation of the photographs. 
1.8 Tests of photographs for non-topographic photogrammetry. 
1.81 Close-up cameras for medical purpose. 
1.82 X-ray instruments 
1.83 Calibration of underwater cameras. 
1.84 Tests of ballistic cameras. 
2 The reconstruction of bundles of rays from photographs. 
2.1 Tests of a stereocomparator. 
2.2 Tests of autographs A7 and A8. 
2.3 Weight variations of projector coordinates. Autographs A7 and Stereoplanigraphs C8. 
2.4 Tests of radial distortion effects of correction glass plates. 
2.5 Tests of the accuracy of glass grids. 
3 The relative orientation. 
3.1 The precision of various methods for y-parallax correction. 
3.2 Practical tests of the precision and accuracy of the relative orientation in stereoscopic projection 
instruments. 
3.3 Practical tests of the accuracy of analytical relative orientation. 
3.4 Determination of the correlation of y-parallaxes. 
4 The absolute orientation and the coordinate determination. 
4.1 The precision of model coordinate measurements under different circumstances. 
4.11 The effect of alcohol consumption. 
4.12 The effect of smoking. 
4.2 Tests of coordinatographs. 
4.3 The accuracy of the elements of the exterior orientation after double and single point resection 
in space. 
4.4 Tests of theoretical expressions for the accuracy of the final coordinates of analytical photogram 
metry. 
4.5 The theoretical accuracy of photogrammetric strip triangulation. 
5 Summary and conclusions. 
Appendix. 
The majority of tables and illustrations will be presented in the Appendix.