Comparative Analysis of Three Geodetic Datum Transformation Software for Application between WGS84 and Minna Datums

Eteje S. O. and, Oduyebo O. F. and Olulade S. A. (2018): Comparative Analysis of Three Geodetic Datum Transformation Software for Application between WGS84 and Minna Datums. International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, Vol. 8, No. 12, pp 19410-19417.

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Eteje Sylvester Okiemute

Eteje Surveys and Associates, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.

Olujimi Fatai Oduyebo

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Students

Sunday Adekunle Olulade

Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria

Date Written: December 17, 2018

Abstract

Since positions are computed on the local ellipsoids adopted for geodetic computation in various countries and as some of the geographic positions of the reference/control stations in Nigeria were determined on the WGS 84 ellipsoid, this paper has comparatively analyzed three geodetic datum transformation software with a view to determining which of them is most suitable for transformation between WGS 84 and Minna datums. The positions of five points obtained from the processing of GNSS observations using Compass post processing software were used. The WGS 84 geographic coordinates were transformed and converted to rectangular coordinates on the Minna datum using Columbus, AllTrans and GeoCalc software. The transformed and converted coordinates of the points were compared with the rectangular coordinates of the points obtained with Compass software to determine which of the software is most suitable for application between WGS 84 and Minna datums. The comparison results show that Columbus and AllTrans software are more suitable for transformation between WGS84 and Minna datums.

Keywords: Columbus, AllTrans, GeoCalc, Transformation software, Minna datum, Comparative Analysis

Suggested Citation

Okiemute, Eteje Sylvester and Oduyebo, Olujimi Fatai and Olulade, Sunday Adekunle, Comparative Analysis of Three Geodetic Datum Transformation Software for Application between WGS84 and Minna Datums (December 17, 2018). Eteje S. O. and, Oduyebo O. F. and Olulade S. A. (2018): Comparative Analysis of Three Geodetic Datum Transformation Software for Application between WGS84 and Minna Datums. International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing, Vol. 8, No. 12, pp 19410-19417., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3308475

Eteje Sylvester Okiemute (Contact Author)

Eteje Surveys and Associates, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. ( email )

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Olujimi Fatai Oduyebo

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Students ( email )

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Sunday Adekunle Olulade

Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria ( email )

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