Africa in a world geodetic datum

Abstract

This network will provide a worldwide reference net to which all geodetic, topographic, and navigational data can be related. Also, it will afford the replacement of the classic, time-consuming, long-arc, triangulation methods of determining the size and shape of the earth by a more economical and theoretically superior approach. Finally, it will allow the establishment of a network of geodetically related satellite tracking stations providing more accurate determination of satellite orbits. .This will in turn provide data- ideally suited for analyzing gravimetric and related geophysical parameters leading to a determination of the position of the centre of mass and the overall shape of the gravitational field of the earth.