This paper details an approach to select measurement point locations for the inverse boundary element method. An accurate reconstruction of the vibration requires a well conditioned acoustic transfer matrix, which depends on measurement point selection. Matrix techniques can be used to regularize the solution though they often lead to poor reconstruction rank. A technique to determine the number of measurement points required, and their placement, prior to measurement has been developed using three criteria: uniqueness, completeness, and measurement point density. With this technique, the reconstruction error and the number of measurements can be minimized.