Height Systems and Vertical Datums: a Review in the Australian Context

Height Systems and Vertical Datums: a Review in the Australian Context

This paper reviews (without equations) the various definitions of height systems and vertical geodetic datum surfaces, together with their practical realisation for users in Australia. Excluding geopotential numbers, a height system is a one-dimensional coordinate system used to express the metric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Featherstone, Will, Kuhn, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Published: Spatial Sciences Institute, Australia 2006
Subjects:
AHD
sea level
Height systems
vertical datums
geoid
gravity
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17429

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17429

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