COMMON COORDINATE SYSTEM

BASED ON WGS84 DATUM

FOR AD & UAE
Western Region Municipality
Town Planning Division

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NEW GRID COORD FOR AD & UAE

GEODETIC DATUM
WGS 84 ( ITRF 2000 )
NEW TM PROJECTION
eTM
WHY ???

Subject to be developed by a Consultant OR specialized WG

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GRS vrs NETWORK

Based ON WGS84 ITRF2000
HEIGHT : Actual MSL & Future GEOID

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WRM LOCATION MAP (UTM ZONE GRID)

Almost 25 % of WR Area are under UTM Zone 40

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ACTUAL Coordinate System:

Name: UTM_Zone_39N
Datum: WGS_1984
Linear Unit: Meter

Abu Dhabi Municipality: Oracle Spatial Data Spatial Ware (SHP)

(UTM Zone 40 / WGS 84 datum)
Field Survey: CAD drawings (UTM Zone 39/40)
ADWEA Utilities Network: Personal Geodatabase
(UTM Zone 40 / Nahrwan 1967 datum)

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Transformation Parameters Used

For UTM Zone 39

Transformation
Parameters
Shift
(Translation)

Rotation

Scale

For UTM Zone 40

-242.8907 m

-149.0671 m

384.4160 m

Rx

-0.19044 arc_second

Ry

-0.24987 arc_second

Rz

-0.13925 arc_second

ds

0.0000000001746

Transformation
Parameters
Shift
(Translation)

Rotation

Scale

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Value

Value

-246.7340 m

-153.4345 m

382.1477 m

Rx

0.11617 arc_second

Ry

0.165167 arc_second

Rz

0.091327 arc_second

ds

0.0000000000194

Earth Surface Models : Reminder

EARTH MODEL = ELLIPSOID

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PROJECTION 

map (x, y)

he
latitude
longitude

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TM Projection
Based ON TM PROJECTION
Could be named : ADTM OR ETM
CM at 54 DEG , zone <+/- 3 deg

Central meridian

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TM Projection
Formula

UTM Universal Transverse

UTM:
Mercator Projection used to define
horizontal positions by dividing the
earth into 6 degree zones .
Each Zone is a strip of 6
degrees Longitudinal from :
Latitude 80 degrees South to 84
degrees North . Each zone mapped
by Transverse Mercator Projection
with the central meridian in the zone
center.

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Transformations

(X2,Y2,Z2)

7 parameters
3 parameters

conversion

conversion
(Lam
Lam2
2,phi
,phi2
2,he2
,he2)

molodensky

projection
(x2,y2)

(X1,Y1,Z1)

(lam1
lam1,phi
,phi11,he
,he11)
projection

polynomial
affine

Ex.: ADTM
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(x1,y1)
Ex. : UTM

7 Parameters
3 Translations

TX , TY , TZ

3 Rotations

R = R3*R2*R1

1 Scale factor

K=1+K0

X
Y
Z

=
2

TX
TY
TZ

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+ k *R*

X
Y
Z

DATA MANIPULATION
ACTUAL84
PROJECTED
DATA

OLD DATA
NAHRAWAN

CONVERSION
TO
GEODETIC
REPROJECT
ON NEW
GRID ETM

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NEED
TRANSFORMATION
TO NEW GRID
ETM

 Within UAE no need transformation for new

data if one grid is adopted .
Exchange with outside UAE could be done using
Geographic 84 coordinates .
Old data: actual transformation not enough
accurate for the whole area : need new sets of
transformation parameters .
Area could be divided on several transformation
zones, specially in WRM area ,for given old data
in Nahrawan system.

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CONTACT:
Eng. Mohammed ODTALLA
Head of surveying & Archiving Section
Acting Head of GIS Section
Town Planning / W R M
TEL 02-8988234
MOB 050 1256057
E-MAIL :

mohd.odtalla@wrm.abudhabi.ae
odtalla@yahoo.com

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