Abstract: The transformation between different coordinate systems is of great significance to modern engineering applications. Several common known points are needed before the transformation. However, it is difficult to obtain the coordinate information, especially the elevation information, of common known points in practical engineering applications. Aiming at this problem, four methods (four parameters method, polynomial-fitting method, height substitution circular method, transform-coordinate method) are compared and analyzed in transformation accuracy and other aspects. The data used is actual and has no elevation information. The results show that all the methods have high conversion accuracy. And the transform-coordinate method has the advantages of no zoning, only one iteration, only 3 common points, high precision and consistent accuracy index.

Key words: coordinate transformation, four parameter method, height substitution circular, polynomial-fitting, transform-coordinate