Site Calibration

Cube-a offers the ability to localize, i.e., convert outbound coordinates from the GNSS receiver, into

an unconventional reference system. The screen for this feature is shown in Figure. At the top are the

points that will be used to calculate localization, the points can be added to the table by pressing

the "Add" command at the bottom. The screen to add is the one shown in Figure. Here you can enter

the known (local) coordinates, on which you want to locate, these can be entered by hand or by

selecting a point in memory with the selection commands. The conversion's target coordinates

are below and can be collected from the current GNSS location or selected from a point in

memory. The options below the coordinates provide the ability to enable planimetric and/or

planimetric localization.

The localization points you add can be changed with the "Edit" command, under Figure, at the

bottom.

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Added the point (or points) for localization, you can perform the conversion. There are three methods

of converting coordinates: Inclined plane + Delta dimension (Rotostralation), 7 parameters +

Inclined plane + Delta dimension, 7 parameters, click the "Options" command in Figure, to access

the reference screen in Figure.

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In the figure above, you can set one of the expected conversion methods. In case of 7-parameter

conversion calculation, you can set the Helmert or Bursa-Wolf model, for the management of the

sign of the rototranslations parameters. For the 4-parameter model, you can set up a barycentric or

non-barycentric rototranslation. And finally, you can set the quota control and a horizontal and

vertical accuracy limit. By clicking the "Save" command at the bottom, the options will be saved for

calculation.

Below is a brief description of the calculation methods 4 parameters and 7 parameters.

4 parameters: At least two cornerstones related to an arbitrary coordinate system must be known.

It is the coordinate transformation mode used to perform a conversion between different coordinate

systems within the same ellipsoid. Parameters include four values (north translation, east translation,

rotation, and scale), the scale must be infinitely close to 1.

In general, the distribution of control points directly determines the dimension difference and the

four parameters to be controlled. The use of four parameters for the RTK measurement method, can

be used in a reduced area (20-30 square kilometers).

Measure a point in flat coordinates and operate in the precision of a control network with dimensions

of known points. The more known points you will have, the higher the accuracy (2 or more than 2).

But in a very large point distribution (e.g. tens of kilometers), the 4 transformation parameters often

do not help, in this case to have an increase in precision both in the planimetric coordinates and on

the altitude should use the 7-parameter transformation.

First, you need to perform a static survey in the area where the cornerstones are present, and then

select a cornerstone A as a static reference station (in WGS84), which will be used to correct the point

network. Use a static receiver to measure a single fixed point for more than 24 hours (this step, in

test zones you can perform in less time and in case of low precision required this step can also be

omitted) and then import into the software, as a single point all the captured data, the average of

the readings will be the actual coordinates of point A in WGS84 coordinates. Absolute accuracy

should be below 2 meters, so regarding adjusting the three-dimensional control network, you need

to take point A WGS84 as the cornerstone to calculate the 3D coordinates of other points.

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