Objective: Coordinate Transformation by 7-parameters method

 

Description:

 

In practice, the navigation is often necessary to express the coordinates of positions in different coordinate systems. Therefore, each of the navigators should be aware of the relationship between these coordinates. Equally essential is to transform coordinates between reference systems. One method of transformation is the transformation of 7-parameters (Fig. 1).

 

Fig. 1. Coordinate Transformation by 7-parameters method

 

Sequence of calculations:

1. Using these coordinates transform according to B, L on X, Y, Z

where:

 

1.      We calculate  XN ,YN, ZN from dependences:

 

2.      We calculate   from dependences

 

gdzie:

 

Task to perform:

Make the transformation position coordinates WGS-84 system to the ED 50:

Transformation parameters are given in the table below.

Parameters of the ellipsoid WGS-84:

 

a

6378137 m

e2

0,00669438

e’2

0,006739497

 

Parameters of ellipsoid ED 50:

 

a

6378388

b

6356911,95

e2

0,006722669

e’2

0,006768169

 

Fig. 2. Way of calculation

 

Tab. 1 Parameters of the transformation of selected frames of reference to the WGS-84 system

Układ

Krassowskiego’42

European 1950

WGS-72

ΔX [m]

-33,4297

87

0

ΔY[m]

146,5746

96

0

ΔZ[m]

76,2865

120

-4,5

ex[rad]

-1,73889*10-6

0

0

ey[rad]

-2,56146*10-6

0

0

ez[rad]

4,0896*10-6

0

-2,685868*10-6

k

0,8407720*10-6

0

2,263*10-7

 

Examples:

Position in the reference system WGS 84

BWGS84=54o40’54.45” N

LWGS84=014o15’34.76’’ E

Intermidate calculationst

X

  3 581 691,711

Y

     910 276,364

Z

  5 180 985,172

 

Xnew

  3 581 778,711

Ynew

     910 372,364

Znew

  5 181 105,172

 

Final transformation

BED50 =54o40’56.64” N

LED50 =014o15’38.76” E