The geodetic network in Palestine was established during the British mandate (British Survey of Palestine) during the period of 1920 – 1948. Densification of this network was carried out during the Jordanian Surveying in Palestine. Such networks suffer from lack of accuracy (which could reach 50cm in small area) and availability. Recently, new and precise networks based on GNSS measurements were established in the occupied Palestine as well as in the West-Bank by Israel using a new geodetic datum. The Palestinian Surveying Department has not received the coordinates of the new control points in the West-Bank and still using the British control points. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a new accurate network in Palestine. The aim of this paper is to assess the accuracy of  the current networks and to identify the parameters of the proposed national geodetic datum that will be used in Palestine.

Conference Title

GeoTunis 2017

Conference Country

Tunisia

Conference Date

April 25, 2017 - April 29, 2017

Conference Sponsor

جيوتونس

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