APPENDIX A
PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR COMMISSION II
It is proposed that manufacturing and testing laboratories be urged to supply more
effectively their instrumental distortion and calibration data in a digital form for
efficient and compatible entry and use in digital data processing programs and
equipments. To do this, it is recommended that a commission be formed to draw
suitable specifications as to the most efficient type(s) and form(s) and format(s) that
the digital data and documents may take (i.e., punch cards, punched tape, magnetic
tape, etc.). This calibration data should include geometric data such as lens dis
tortions, camera-platen errors, film and diapositive errors, and other known and
measured instrumental errors which can affect the accuracy of photogrammetric
mapping and orthocorrection of photographs. These specifications must be suffi
ciently broad in scope to encompass the operation of all types of automatic instru
ments, analytical instruments, classical (analog) instruments, and distortion
measuring equipments used in Photogrammetric Mapping Systems.