Do we need a gravimetric geoid or a model of the Australian height datum to transform GPS heights in Australia?

Australian Surveyor

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-280

  Featherstone, Will ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GEOID; GPS; GRAVIMETRY; METHODOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032459037     PISSN: 00050326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050350.1998.10558758     Document Type: Article

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