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If the coordinate fit is satisfactory the strip is continued by bridging over
the following models until new control points are available. Then the
transformation is applied again. This time all the control points previously
chosen are automatically available and the operator identifies only new
control points to run another transformation of his choice. When a gross
discrepancy is discovered an identification error is the most likely cause.
If the suspected point happens to be in the current model the remeasurement
is easy. The program is set in a way that one can combine coordinates
retrieved from model banks with model coordinates directly measured in the
current, physically still available model. If mode switch M4 is engaged (see
Appendix A-4) the real-time positioning routine RTP/A starts its indefinite
cycle interrupted only by action switches Al or A4 to either record the
measured model coordinates or to terminate the cycle, respectively.
Computations are then rerun and the old model point eventually deleted. In
case the suspected control point is located in some of the preceding models,
the bridging of the strip is temporarily suspended. The faulty model must be
reset from data banks in a procedure described in the following section, and
the control point in question checked. After the point is checked or
remeasured, the operator can either continue from this model on and repeat
the remaining part of the strip, or return to the last model, reset it and
continue from there with a minimum loss of time.
Model Restoration and Reset
The first section of the flowchart in Appendix A-1 indicates the initial
conversation in which the operator decides on the type of operation by
properly defining the RESET attribute which then controls some of the
subsequent functions.
Restoration of the Last Model. In any production environment it is often
necessary to suspend the operation temporarily and continue later with no
loss of data and without the need to repeat any of the measurements. The
photographs must remain in their stages during the interruption and the
measuring mark must be set on a well defined optical detail or its position
secured by disabling the manual control elements. Then it is only necessary
to store all needed information in an auxiliary file for later restoration of
the model. Information needed for this purpose includes the contents of all
Anaplot registers, all working variables and arrays representing the
conditions of the current work or its status at the time of interruption and
all orientation parameters. The generated storage file is disk resident and
its contents can later be read back to the memory or transferred to Anaplot
registers as needed to establish the identical physical and numerical
situation frozen at interruption time.
Reset of an Old Model. Another situation arises when there is a need to go
back and reset a stereomodel from photographs which were already physically
removed from Anaplot photo stages. This is usually done for the purpose of
checking measurements of a control point suspected of a misidentification.
In this instance, it is necessary to use the data banks so far collected
during the preceding triangulation operations. A special resetting program
searches through available data files for given photo numbers and retrieves
previously recorded information important for the reset. Additional
information on conditions of the original solution is reentered manually from
the computer terminal. A new inner orientation of both photographs involved
represents the only measurement procedure needed in the reset. The new set
of measured fiducial coordinates is fitted with the corresponding set of
previously recorded and retrieved coordinates by affine or bilinear