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Several thousand panorama scans were conducted along the 30 m long comparator, basically in 40 mm steps. For a selected target, more detailed investigations were carried out with a 2 mm step width for a 2 m wide section. The absolute offset between the scanner and the relative interferometer measurements was determined with a calibrated total station. The investigations revealed several systematic effects like an offset in the distance measurement of about 1.3 mm. Furthermore, sections with stochastic behavior as well as sections with pseudo-cyclic parts were observed, depending on the reflectance of the target. The deterministic sections showed curved and striped patterns with some discontinuities of about 2 mm at 20 m, resulting in a saw-tooth like pattern along the distances. Within all the experiments, the distance deviations were below the manufacturer specifications of the 3D point accuracy. 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