AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF KODAK PHOTO CD FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY

This paper outlines a series of tests undertaken to determine the repe atability of and the distortions introduced in, the process of convert ing conventional images into digital form using Kodak Photo Compact Di sk (Photo CD). Photo CD was introduced by Kodak in the early 1990s and , if proved to give stable, high quality images, could be a low cost, convenient alternative to other scanning systems. The images could the n be used in photogrammetry for a variety of applications from simple cataloguing of images to data for digital systems to produce sub-pixel measurements.