Study of the geometry influence of the support points in coordonates transformation: application from WGS84 to NS59 datum

Abstract

The use of a transformation method for the passage from one geodetic system to another requires the use of some common points as support points, these points are used in the determination of the transformation parameters. Generally, the choice of the support points is effected manually by choosing the best distribution of these points in the transformation area. In the present study, we present a methodology of selection of these points where an algorithm takes into account the computation of the transformation parameters with all combinations between the common points and the best result will be adopted. An application of this methodology are carried out in North-East of Algeria to determine the best set of the 09 transformation parameters between the WGS84 system and the National North Sahara system using 10 common points (05 support and 05 control). This methodology is efficient in the case where the common points are near one another.