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Is Newton's iteration faster than simple iteration for transformation between geocentric and geodetic coordinates?
Summary Two iterative algorithms for transformation from geocentric to geodetic coordinates are compared for numerical efficiency: the well known Bowring's algorithm of 1976, which employs the method of simple iteration, and the recent (1989) algorithm by Borkowski, which employs the Newton-Raphson method. The results of numerical tests suggest that the simple iteration method implemented in Bowring's algorithm executes approximately 30% faster than the Newton-Raphson method implemented in Borkowski's algorithm. Only two iterations of each algorithm are considered. Two iterations are sufficient to produce coordinates accurate to the comparable level of 1E-9 m, which exceeds the requirements of any practical application. Therefore, in the class of iterative methods, the classical Bowring's algorithm should be the method of choice.
Is Newton's iteration faster than simple iteration for transformation between geocentric and geodetic coordinates?
Summary Two iterative algorithms for transformation from geocentric to geodetic coordinates are compared for numerical efficiency: the well known Bowring's algorithm of 1976, which employs the method of simple iteration, and the recent (1989) algorithm by Borkowski, which employs the Newton-Raphson method. The results of numerical tests suggest that the simple iteration method implemented in Bowring's algorithm executes approximately 30% faster than the Newton-Raphson method implemented in Borkowski's algorithm. Only two iterations of each algorithm are considered. Two iterations are sufficient to produce coordinates accurate to the comparable level of 1E-9 m, which exceeds the requirements of any practical application. Therefore, in the class of iterative methods, the classical Bowring's algorithm should be the method of choice.
Is Newton's iteration faster than simple iteration for transformation between geocentric and geodetic coordinates?
Laskowski, Piotr (author)
Bulletin géodésique ; 65
1991
Article (Journal)
English
Geodäsie , Geometrie , Geodynamik , Zeitschrift , Mathematik , Mineralogie
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