Do We Need a Gravimetric Geoid or a Model of the Australian Height Datum to Transform GPS Heights in Australia?

A proposal is made to use a model of the Australian Height Datum (AHD) instead of the classical geoid to provide a more direct transformation of Global Positioning System (GPS) ellipsoidal heights to the AHD. This approach avoids post-survey adjustment of the GPS-AUSGEOID-derived heights in order t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Featherstone, Will
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Institution of Surveyors, Australia Inc. 1998
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7339