Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_util.c
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--- /trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_util.c	(revision 26402)
+++ /trunk/Ohana/src/libdvo/src/dvo_util.c	(revision 26403)
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@
         exit (1);
     }
-    SetZeroPoint (25.0);
-
-#ifdef READ_CAMERA_CONFIG
+
+    double zero_point;
+    ScanConfig (configData, "ZERO_PT",                "%lf", 0, &zero_point);
+    SetZeroPoint (zero_point);
+
+#if (DVO_UTIL_READ_CAMERA_CONFIG)
+    // at one point I thought reading the camera configuration might be useful
+    // but we didn't need it
     if (!ScanConfig (configData, "CAMERA_CONFIG", "%s", 0, dvoConfig->cameraConfig)) {
         fprintf (stderr, "can't find CAMERA_CONFIG in configuration\n");