In this paper we discuss the evaluation problem of surface reconstruction 
algorithms following the methodologies of static, dynamic and photometric stereo 
analysis. It is important to  answer such questions as  1) For what kind of 
surfaces and  3-D objects an algorithm behaves either well or bad? 2) How 
accurate are the reconstruction results of an algorithm under specified 
circumstances? What measure can be used to evaluate reconstruction accuracy? 3) 
How to compare reconstruction results following different methodologies? 4) What 
algorithm can be suggested for a specific application project? and so on. So far 
we present some proposals and first quantitative and qualitative results for 
answering such questions. In our opinion a methodology for evaluating surface 
reconstruction algorithms is still at its beginning.