Positioning of Horizontal Geodetic Datums

Abstract

This paper treats the classical problem of positioning horizontal geodetic datums. By ‘classical problem’ we mean the problem we face when dealing with the usual horizontal control networks, as opposed to some of the more modern ideas, such as the use of geocentric coordinates, or the ideas of Hotine [1959, 1969]. Our basic assumption is that a coordinate system is a fixed framework (i.e., invariant with respect to network adjustment, readjustment, or expansion) for describing geodetic networks. Our view is that a coordinate system and the network it describes are two different things (this view is not universally accepted within the geodetic community).

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