Mr Figuers wrote:

> degraded (both in the numeric calculations and in comparing puck location with
> the map on the screen).  The more control points that were included, the
> greater the location errors.  The best accuracy always occurred with only 3
> control points.
> 
> why?

Because any 3 points can be made to match any other 3 points, i.e a
three point registration is really no registration at all. 
If location errors increase with more control points, this is probably a
sign that the projection of the printed map is different from that of
the table you want to digitize into. 
In any case, accuracy *should* increase with more control points (given
that all points are correctly identified).
If the printed map has a coordinate grid of some sort, it is generally a
good advice to use that for the control points.
You may also want to check the calibration of the digitizing table.

Best regards, Mats.E
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