  Large volumes of CCD imaging data that will become available from wide-field
cameras at telescopes such as the CFHT, SUBARU, VST, or VISTA in the near
future are highly suitable for systematic distance surveys of early-type
galaxies using the Surface Brightness Fluctuation (SBF) method. For the
efficient processing of such large data sets, we are developing the first
semi-automatic SBF analysis pipeline named SAPAC. After a brief description of
the SBF method we discuss the image quality needed for a successful distance
measurement and give some background information on SAPAC
