Terms of Reference and Objectives

The principal goal of the Project is very simply to determine the most complete and accurate geoid model for Africa that can be obtained from the available data. Secondary goals are to foster co-operation between African geodesists and to provide high-level training in geoid computation to African geodesists.

The objectives of the Project are summarized below:
- Identifying and acquiring data sets - gravity anomalies, DEM’s, GPS/leveling.
- Training of African geodesists in geoid computation.
- Merging and validation of gravity data sets, producing 5’ gridded and mean Dg.
- Computation of African geoid, and evaluation using GPS/leveling data.

Charles Merry (Chair) (South Africa)
Hussein Abd-Elmotaal (Egypt)
Benahmed Daho (Algeria)
Peter Nsombo (Zambia)