Determination of Orthometric Height Using GNSS and EGM Data: A Scenario of TheFederal University of Technology Akure
Determination of Orthometric Height Using GNSS and EGM Data: A Scenario of TheFederal University of Technology Akure
System (GPS) has modernized geodetic surveying in providing horizontal and vertical positions of points with a sub-meter level of accuracy over the reference ellipsoid. The GPS gives ellipsoidal heights which makes the conversion of the heights to orthometric heights possible by incorporating a geoid model. The conventional method of determining orthometric height is tedious, timeconsuming, and labour intensive. This study entails the determination of orthometric height using GNSS and EGM data. A total of forty-nine (49) stations selected within the study area were occupied for GPS observation using South DGPS instrument in static mode for the position and ellipsoidal height determination. The geoidal height values of the GPS derived data were computed using GeoidEval utility software with reference to three different EGMs (EGM2008, EGM96 and EGM84). In order to determine the orthometric heights of the selected stations, the difference between the EGM geoidal height values (NEGM) and the ellipsoidal heights were computed. The results show that the orthometric height obtained with respect to EGM2008 gives better results with a standard deviation of 9.530m and a standard error of 1.361m. The study reveals that the use of GNSS and EGM data for orthometric height determination is less expensive, less tedious, accurate and time-saving compared to the conventional approach of geodetic and spirit levelling.
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