  It is well known that to determine a triangle up to congruence requires three
measurements: three sides, two sides and the included angle, or one side and
two angles. We consider various generalizations of this fact to two and three
dimensions. In particular we consider the following question: given a convex
polyhedron $P$, how many measurements are required to determine $P$ up to
congruence?
  We show that in general the answer is that the number of measurements
required is equal to the number of edges of the polyhedron. However, for many
polyhedra fewer measurements suffice; in the case of the unit cube we show that
nine carefully chosen measurements are enough.
  We also prove a number of analogous results for planar polygons. In
particular we describe a variety of quadrilaterals, including all rhombi and
all rectangles, that can be determined up to congruence with only four
measurements, and we prove the existence of $n$-gons requiring only $n$
measurements. Finally, we show that one cannot do better: for any sequence of
$n$ distinct points in the plane one needs at least $n$ measurements to
determine it up to congruence.
