Optical Science Laboratory

Optical Science Laboratory - Scheduling and Fees

Optical Calibration Services and Fees

Service Code	Type of Service	Fee


OSL-A:	Calibration of aerial mapping cameras	$4,730.00

	This service corresponds to the following paragraphs in the Report of Calibration:

	I. Calibrated Focal Length
	II. Lens Distortion
	III. Lens Resolving Power
	IV. Filter Parallelism
	V. Shutter Calibration
	VII. Principal Points and Fiducial Coordinates
	VIII. Distances between Fiducial Marks

OSL-B:	Calibration of aerial mapping camera magazine	$2,520.00

	This service corresponds to the following paragraphs in the Report of Calibration:

	VI. Film/Magazine Platen
	IX. Stereomodel Flatness
	X. System Resolving Power on Film

OSL-C:	Magazine-to-camera fit and measurement of platen flatness	$750.00

	This service corresponds to the following paragraph in the Report of Calibration:

	VI. Film/Magazine Platen

OSL-D:	Glass flash plate	$270.00

	Glass flash plate is exposed on focal plane of the lens to record fiducial locations.

OSL-E:	Glass flash plate with calculations	$440.00

	Glass flash plate is exposed on focal plane of the lens requiring fiducial or resolution calculations.

OSL-F:	Lens/film distortion	$1,210.00

	Determination of lens/film distortion parameters as reported in the following paragraphs of the Report of Calibration:

	XI. Calibrated Focal Length
	XII. Lens/Film Distortion

OSL-G:	Film resolution	$250.00

	Film exposed on focal plane of the lens to determine resolving power.

A typical complete calibration of an aerial camera system consists of the following:

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