1. COORDINTE MEASUREMENT AND ITS CEVOLUTION, 2. CMM HARDWARE AND ACCESSORY ELEMENTS, 3.CMM SOFTWARE, 4. THREE-DIMENSIONAL USING CMM, 5. MEASURING ERRORS IN CMM, 6. ENSURING THE ACCURACY OF CMMs, 7. ASSESSING THE PARAMETRIC ERRORS OF CMMs 8. UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION OF CMM MEASUREMENTS, 9. TESTING OF DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE, 10. RECENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK ON COORDINATE METROLOGY, 11 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, APPENDIX 1.. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, 2. REFERENCES-CUM-BIBIOGRAPHY