Opened 16 years ago

Closed 16 years ago

#4 closed defect (fixed)

3PARAMETER datum transformation method produces results which are a meter or two off

Reported by: hugueswski Owned by: hugueswski
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: Library Version:
Keywords: 3PARAMETER GEOCENTRIC Cc:

Description

There is a coding error in the 3PARAMETER datum transformation method that produces results which are a meter or two (depending on the datum and position) off.

The bug can be seen in CS_dtcalc.c at line 958: parm3->srcESqr = srcDatum->ecent * trgDatum->ecent; should be: parm3->srcESqr = srcDatum->ecent * srcDatum->ecent;

Fixing the bug is trivial, but we'll need to: 1) leave the defective 3PARAMETER transformation in place as a LEGACY object and add a new transformation named GEOCENTRIC; 2) replace all the affected systems.

This affects 65 datum definitions and 600 coordinate system definitions which reference the 3PARAMETER definitions

Change History (1)

comment:1 by Norm Olsen, 16 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed
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