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The Geocentric Datum of Malaysia: Preliminary Assessment and Implications

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The reliability of the national geocentric datum must be assessed regularly to maintain high geospatial accuracy in terms of consistency with respect to the global datum, i.e. International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF). This can be accomplished by considering the spatial and temporal variations caused by plate tectonic movements. This study aims to assess the reliability of Geocentric Datum of Malaysia (GDM2000) by analysing the datum shifts via the displacements of the Malaysian Real Time Kinematic Network (MyRTKnet) stations caused by tectonic movements as well as the displacements induced by reference frame effects. A significant land displacement up to 17 and 30 cm in north and east components were found respectively, due to local active fault and the cumulative plate tectonic motion. The implications of a non-geocentric datum are also discussed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the DSMM for providing the MyRTKnet data as well as to research funding from UTM Research University Grant (RUG), Vote 08J75.

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  1. GNSS and Geodynamics Research Group, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia

    Noor Suryati Mohd Shariff, Tajul Ariffin Musa, Kamaludin Omar & Rusli Othman

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Alias Abdul Rahman

  2. Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Pawel Boguslawski

  3. Technical University of Denmark Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    François Anton

  4. Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Mohamad Nor Said

  5. Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

    Kamaludin Mohd Omar

Appendix A

Appendix A

Comparison between Reference Frame of ITRF2000 and ITRF2008.

Station

ITRF2000

ITRF2008

Difference

Orientation (degree)

Displacement (cm)

Orientation (degree)

Displacement (cm)

Difference (deg)

Difference (cm)

ARAU

129.678

20.126

127.666

19.123

2.012

1.003

AYER

117.725

21.878

115.315

21.062

2.410

0.816

BABH

123.134

20.993

120.835

20.085

2.299

0.908

BAHA

118.319

24.395

116.194

23.571

2.125

0.823

BANT

117.911

24.457

115.803

23.640

2.107

0.817

BENT

118.388

23.028

116.022

22.289

2.367

0.739

CAME

119.819

22.651

117.476

21.890

2.343

0.761

GAJA

121.985

24.897

120.054

24.030

1.931

0.868

GETI

119.067

22.400

116.759

21.562

2.308

0.838

GMUS

117.709

23.063

115.352

22.318

2.358

0.745

GRIK

121.115

21.475

118.801

20.604

2.314

0.871

JHJY

118.400

25.936

116.437

25.126

1.964

0.810

JRNT

118.879

23.573

116.684

22.739

2.195

0.834

JUML

118.040

25.471

116.028

24.657

2.012

0.815

KLAW

115.560

24.953

113.416

24.176

2.144

0.777

KRAI

111.073

24.795

108.751

24.090

2.322

0.705

KUAL

117.723

24.289

115.579

23.456

2.144

0.833

KUKP

120.700

25.981

118.819

25.134

1.881

0.847

LASA

120.986

22.068

118.759

21.182

2.227

0.887

LGKW

131.051

19.391

128.824

18.443

2.227

0.947

MERS

115.873

25.965

113.822

25.192

2.051

0.773

MERU

119.125

21.705

116.642

20.954

2.483

0.751

MUAD

119.512

23.756

117.385

22.922

2.127

0.834

MUKH

116.571

23.909

114.356

23.096

2.215

0.813

PASP

118.857

22.507

116.531

21.669

2.326

0.838

PDIC

121.218

23.806

119.172

22.941

2.046

0.865

PEKN

114.987

25.360

112.763

24.688

2.223

0.672

PRTS

123.194

24.653

121.293

23.765

1.901

0.887

PUPK

121.988

22.578

119.843

21.693

2.145

0.885

PUSI

121.338

22.391

119.143

21.517

2.195

0.874

SEG1

118.084

24.154

115.932

23.337

2.153

0.817

SETI

117.965

22.846

115.608

22.102

2.356

0.744

SGPT

124.503

20.390

122.191

19.461

2.313

0.928

SIK1

122.426

21.484

120.193

20.574

2.233

0.909

SPGR

122.326

24.937

120.415

24.065

1.911

0.872

SRIJ

120.438

25.959

118.503

25.103

1.935

0.857

TERI

118.846

23.363

116.680

22.517

2.166

0.846

TGPG

118.109

26.382

116.171

25.578

1.938

0.804

TGRH

120.590

24.771

118.467

24.008

2.123

0.763

TLKI

122.765

23.171

120.708

22.277

2.057

0.894

TLOH

115.106

24.376

112.799

23.698

2.307

0.678

TOKA

124.661

20.309

122.396

19.367

2.264

0.941

UPMS

117.243

24.038

115.073

23.233

2.171

0.805

USMP

125.818

20.936

123.483

20.072

2.335

0.864

UUMK

126.185

20.012

123.899

19.058

2.286

0.954

AMAN

118.069

33.744

116.513

32.981

1.556

0.763

BELU

117.318

34.483

115.711

33.687

1.607

0.796

BIN1

112.910

28.865

110.894

28.187

2.017

0.678

DATU

115.681

29.575

113.643

28.956

2.038

0.619

KAPI

113.153

30.034

111.276

29.364

1.877

0.670

KUDA

116.318

28.609

114.206

27.954

2.112

0.655

MIRI

113.111

28.091

111.036

27.413

2.074

0.678

MRDU

117.999

34.732

116.365

33.961

1.634

0.771

MTAW

117.230

29.283

115.290

28.556

1.940

0.727

MUKA

112.625

28.467

110.608

27.793

2.017

0.674

RANA

118.489

33.916

116.834

33.193

1.656

0.723

SAND

114.893

31.131

112.938

30.519

1.955

0.612

SARA

112.650

28.855

110.618

28.269

2.032

0.586

SEMP

117.651

28.811

115.603

28.162

2.048

0.648

TEBE

112.374

28.038

110.360

27.367

2.014

0.672

TENM

119.715

35.596

118.195

34.807

1.520

0.789

TMBN

118.464

34.394

116.884

33.584

1.579

0.810

UMAS

111.726

28.432

109.719

27.770

2.007

0.662

AVERAGE

118.815

25.470

116.726

24.676

2.089

0.794

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Shariff, N.S.M., Musa, T.A., Omar, K., Othman, R. (2014). The Geocentric Datum of Malaysia: Preliminary Assessment and Implications. In: Abdul Rahman, A., Boguslawski, P., Anton, F., Said, M., Omar, K. (eds) Geoinformation for Informed Decisions. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03644-1_5

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