Denote by $S$ your finite collection of $N$ points in $\newcommand{\bR}{\mathbb{R}}$ $\bR^n$. Here is how you can recover $S$ from the knowledge of its images via a finite collections of linear maps of rank $<n$. Pick a finite collection $\newcommand{\eL}{\mathscr{L}}$ $\eL$ of linear maps $\bR^n\to\bR$ in general position, i.e., any $n$ of them are linearly independent. Denote by $\nu$ the cardinality of $\eL$. The number $\nu$ is $> n$ and will be specified later. For any collection $C\subset \eL$ we obtain a linear map $$L_C:\bR^n\to\bR^C. $$ There are $\binom{\nu}{n-1}$ subsets $C\subset \eL$ of cardinality $n-1$. If $C$ is such a collection, then the linear map $L_C:\bR^n\to\bR^{n-1}$ is surjective and it has a one-dimensional kernel. **Suppose we know $L_C(S)$ for any collection $C\subset \eL$ of cardinality** $n-1$. Assume $\nu$ is large enough so that $$\binom{\nu}{n-1}>\binom{N}{2}. $$ Since the $N$ points in $S$ determine at most $\binom{N}{2}$ lines, we deduce that at least one of the linear maps $L_C$, $\# C=n-1$ restricts to an injective map $S\to \bR^C$. In particular we deduce that $$ N=\# S= \max_{\# C=n-1} L_C(S). $$ Choose $C_0\subset \eL$ such that $\# C_0=n-1$ and $\# L_{C_0}(S)=\# S=N$. Without loss of generality we can assume that $L_{C_0}$ is the projection $$P_0:\bR^n\to \bR^{n-1},\;\;(x_1,\dotsc,x_n)\mapsto (x_1,\dotsc, x_{n-1}). $$ For each point $s\in S$ we set $s':=P_0(s)$. Now we have complete knowledge of the set $$ S'=\bigl\lbrace\; s';\;\;s\in S\;\bigr\}=P_0(S). $$ The set $S'\subset \in\bR^{n-1}$ has the same cardinality as $S$. Moreover any point $s'\in S'$ determines a vertical line, i.e., a line parallel with $\ker P_0$, $$ \ell_{s'}=s'+\ker P_0=\bigl\{\; (s', t)\in\bR^n;\;\;t\in\bR\;\bigr\}. $$ We now have determined $N$ vertical lines and each one of them contains exactly one point in $S$. **Suppose that we know $L(S)\subset \bR$ for any $L\in\eL$.** Choose a linear functional $L\in \eL\setminus C_0$. The set $L(S)$ has $m\leq N$ elements $r_1<\cdots <r_m$. We obtain $m$-hyperplanes $$H_j(L)=\{ L(x)=r_j\},\;\;j=1,\dotsc, m, $$ and a set $X(S,L)$ consisting of $Nm$ points $$ H_j(L)\cap \ell_{s'},\;\;j=1,\dotsc, m,\;\;s'\in S'. $$ Clearly $S\subset X(S,L)$. Thus $S$ can only be one of the $\binom{Nm}{N}$ subsets of $X$ of cardinality $Nm$. Doing this with any $L\in \eL\setminus C_0$ we deduce $$ S\subset \bigcap_{L\in\eL\setminus C_0} X(S,L). $$ It seems plausible that if $\eL$ is large enough then $$ \bigcap_{L\in\eL\setminus C_0} X(S,L)=S. $$ Fix a linear map $L_0\in \eL\setminus C_0$ and set $X_0=X(S, L_0)$. We know that $$ S\subset X_0,\;\; \# X_0\leq N^2. $$ Suppose that $\nu$ is large enough so that $$\binom{\nu}{n-1}>\binom{N^2}{2} +2. $$ We can then find a collection $C_1\subset \eL$ of cardinality $n-1$ such that $C_1\neq C_0$ and $L_{C_1}$ and the restriction of $L_{C_1}$ to $X_0$ is injective. We know know exactly $L_{C_1}(X_0)$ and $S_1:=L_{C_1}(S)\subset L_{C_1}(X_0)$. Note that $\# S_1=\# S=N$. For each point $s_1\in S_1$ we get a line $\ell_{s_1}= L_{C_1}^{-1}(s_1)$. Let us observe that each line $\ell_{s_1}$ intersects exactly one of the lines $\ell_{s'}$ because $$\ell_{s_1}\cap\ell_{s'}\subset X_0 $$ and the restriction of $L_{C_1}$ to $X_0$ is one-to-one. > To conclude, if $\eL\subset \in {\rm Hom}\;(\bR^n,\bR)$ is a finite > collection in general position whose cardinality $\nu$ satisfies > > $$\binom{\nu}{n-1}>\binom{N^2}{2}+2, $$ > > and we know $L_C(S)$ for any collection $C\subset \eL$ of > cardinality $1$ or $n-1$, then we can completely recover $S$.